PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time #31 Enter-PSSession

Continuing the series looking at new cmdlets available in PowerShell 2.0. This time we look at the Enter-PSSession cmdlet.

What can I do with it?

Open an interactive PowerShell session with a computer which has been enabled for PowerShell remoting.

Example:

Open a session with the server Test01 and see which services begin with the letter T.

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName Test01
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.name -like 'T*'}

You will notice that the prompt has changed to

[test01]: PS C:\>

which helpfully shows you which server you are running the remote session on.

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.

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