This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-StorageProvider', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from
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Returns a list of the storage providers available on the local computer.
Get-StorageProvider [[-Name] <String[]>] [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-Manufacturer <String[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-StorageProvider [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-StorageSubSystem <CimInstance>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-StorageProvider [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-UniqueId <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-StorageProvider [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-Manufacturer <String[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-URI <Uri[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
The Get-StorageProvider cmdlet returns a list of the storage providers available on the local computer. This cmdlet returns a list of the available storage providers
available to the computer, such as a SMP hardware provider, or a SMI-S provider connection.
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Get-StorageSubsystem
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\>Get-StorageProvider
Type Name Manufacturer
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SMP Storage Spaces Management Provider Microsoft Corporation
This example displays the Storage Spaces provider. When run without additional filters, this cmdlet will display all available Storage Management Providers on the system.