Category: Remoting

PowerShell remoting help in a lot of areas, but there are times when you need to use PSExec. For those instances, I’ve created a function that you can use to run a command on a remote machine using PSExec. Function ExecutePsExec($computer, $command){ $ping = Test-Connection $computer -Count 1 -Quiet if($ping){ $StdOutput = (Join-path $env:temp "$($computer).txt") Start-Process -FilePath $psexec -ArgumentList "-s...

# Create a persistent connection to remote machine $Session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $Computer -Credential $Credential # Runs on remote machine Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock {Stop-Service -Name Bits} # Run on local machine Get-Service # Runs on remote machine again Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock {Start-Service -Name Bits}

$Credential = Get-Credential Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Computer -ScriptBlock {Stop-Service -Name Bits}