How to export third-party driver packages using PowerShell

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Windows 8.1 Update introduces a new cmdlet that allows you to export third-party drivers that are located within the driver store of a Windows client. 

$ExpDrv = Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination c:\temp\3rdpartydrivers

The result, all drivers exported into the provided destination directory

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Now we have a whole bunch of folders, but what drivers did we actually export?

$ExpDrv | Select-Object ClassName, ProviderName, Date, Version | Sort-Object ClassName

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For more information read the What’s new in DISM article here

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