PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time #45 Connect-WSMan

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

What can I do with it?

Create a connection to a remote computer using WS-Management .

Example:

Connect to the remote server Test01 using WS-Management . Use the WSMan provider to examine the WSMan Shell properties and change the value for MaxShellsPerUser to 10.

Connect-WSMan -ComputerName Test01
cd wsman:
dir

cd .\localhost
dir | Format-Table -AutoSize

cd Shell
dir | Format-Table -AutoSize

Set-Item -Path MaxShellsPerUser -Value 10
dir | Format-Table -AutoSize

How could I have done this in PowerShell 1.0?

Support for the use of WS-Management in PowerShell is provided as part of the 2.0 release.

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