PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time 33 New-PSSession
Continuing the series looking at new cmdlets available in PowerShell 2.0. This time we look at the New-PSSession cmdlet.
What can I do with it?
Establish a persistent connection to a computer that has been enabled for PowerShell remoting.
Examples:
Establish a persistent remote PowerShell connection to Test01 and store it in the variable $session. Then use the Enter-PSSession cmdlet with the Session parameter to use that session.
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName Test01 Enter-PSSession -Session $session
You can also open multiple sessions via different methods:
Open sessions to Test01, Test02 and Test 03.
$session1, $session2, $session3 = New-PSSession -ComputerName Test01,Test02,Test03
Or if you have the servers stored in a csv file.
$sessions = New-PSSession -ComputerName (Get-Content servers.csv)
How could I have done this in PowerShell 1.0?
Remoting did not exist in PowerShell 1.0, you would have needed to use Remote Desktop to run an interactive session on a remote server.