Computername parameter
This is something I’ve been meaning to share for a while. Many of the cmdlets in PowerShell v2 get an explicit remoting capability via the computername property.
get-help * -Parameter computername | sort name
Clear-EventLog
Connect-WSMan
Disconnect-WSMan
Enter-PSSession
Get-Counter
Get-EventLog
Get-HotFix
Get-Process
Get-PSSession
Get-Service
Get-WinEvent
Get-WmiObject
Get-WSManInstance
Invoke-Command
Invoke-WmiMethod
Invoke-WSManAction
Limit-EventLog
New-EventLog
New-PSSession
New-WSManInstance
Receive-Job
Register-WmiEvent
Remove-EventLog
Remove-PSSession
Remove-WmiObject
Remove-WSManInstance
Restart-Computer
Set-Service
Set-WmiInstance
Set-WSManInstance
Show-EventLog
Stop-Computer
Test-Connection
Test-WSMan
Write-EventLog
This is going to take a bit of working through but this expands the capabilities of PowerShell quite nicely.
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