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Connect to Hyper-V VM Console
Connects to the console of the Hyper-V virtual machine using the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection Tool (vmconnect.exe)
Version: 1.1.5
Created: 2017-06-13
Modified: 2018-11-26
Creator: Trentent Tye
Downloads: 113
Tags: Hyper-V
Created: 2017-06-13
Modified: 2018-11-26
Creator: Trentent Tye
Downloads: 113
Tags: Hyper-V
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
A simple script that will open the VM console on a Hyper-V host. This script assumes you have all necessary permissions
to do this action
.DESCRIPTION
Takes two parameters from ControlUp (Hostname and VM Name) and gets the necessary properties to open
a console. This script was written assuming you had permissions to do this.
AUTHOR: Trentent Tye
LASTEDIT: 2017-06-13
VERSI0N : 1.0
#>
#GetVM Properties
$vm = Get-VM -name $args[1] -ComputerName $args[0]
#launch VM connect and connect to console
Start-Process VmConnect.exe -argumentList "$args[1] -G $($vm.Id)"