PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time #58 Export-PSSession

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

What can I do with it?

Export commands from a remote PowerShell session into a module saved on the local system.

Example:

Establish a remote session with Test01 using New-PSSession. Use Invoke-Command to initiate the use of the BITSTransfer module. Export the commands from the BITSTransfer module into a module  saved on the local system and called BITSCommands.

$session1 = New-PSSession -ComputerName Test01
Invoke-Command -Session $session1 -ScriptBlock {Import-Module BITSTransfer}
Export-PSSession -Session $session1 -Module BITSTransfer 
-OutputModule BITSCommands -AllowClobber

The exported files are stored within your PowerShell profile folder.

The contents of the BITSCommands.psd1 file are below:

You could make use of this module at a later date with:

Import-Module BITSCommands

Extras:

Ravikanth Chaganti has an excellent post covering this cmdlet in more detail here.

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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