This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-VMSwitch', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Gets virtual switches from one or more virtual Hyper-V hosts.
Get-VMSwitch [[-Name] <String>] [[-ResourcePoolName] <String[]>] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-SwitchType <VMSwitchType[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VMSwitch [[-Id] <Guid[]>] [[-ResourcePoolName] <String[]>] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-SwitchType <VMSwitchType[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
The Get-VMSwitch gets the virtual switches from a Hyper-V host. If you specify no parameters, this cmdlet returns all virtual switches from the local Hyper-V host.
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Example 1
PS C:\>Get-VMSwitch
Gets all virtual switches from the local Hyper-V host.
Example 2
PS C:\>Get-VMSwitch –SwitchType External
Gets all virtual switches that connect to the external network.