How to install VMware PowerCLI offline
Download the PowerCLI package from and save the ZIP file on your PC https://developer.vmware.com/web/tool/vmware-powercli
Select the desired version from the drop-down menu, in most cases you will select the most recent version.
Extract the content of the ZIP file to a directory on your PC.
To install PowerCLI you have to determine the PowerShell Module Paths
PS D:\scripts\Powershell> $env:PSModulePath
C:\Users\f_backup\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;
C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ModulesCopy the extracted contect of the ZIP file to one of these directories, e.g.
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
Unblock the new files in Powershell with the following command:
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules' -Recurse | Unblock-File
Check if PowerCLI is active
Get-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI* -ListAvailable
You will get an output like this:
Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 13.0.0.... VMware.PowerCLI
Script 12.6.0.... VMware.PowerCLI.Sdk
Script 12.6.0.... VMware.PowerCLI.Sdk.Types
Script 12.6.0.... VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter {Get-VIMachineCertificate, Get-VITrustedCertificate, Remove-VITrustedCertificate, New-VIMachineCertificateSigningRequest...}
Script 12.6.0.... VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter.Types.Ap...
Script 12.6.0.... VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter.Types.Ce...
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