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.

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