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PowerShell Direct (Guest Scripting)

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Command Invokation

Invoke-Command -VMName <VM> -Credential (Get-Credential) -ScriptBlock { 
    <Any PowerShell commands to run inside the VM>
}

File Transfer to VM

# Open a PSSession to the Virtual Machine
$Session = New-PSSession -VMName <VM> -Credential (Get-Credential) 
# Copy the File to the Virtual Machine
Copy-Item -ToSession $Session -Path <SourcePath> -Destination <DestinationPath>
# Close the PSSession
Remove-PSSession -Session $Session

File Transfer from VM

# Open a PSSession to the virtual machine
$Session = New-PSSession -VMName <VM> -Credential (Get-Credential) 
# Copy the File from the virtual machine
Copy-Item -FromSession $Session -Path <SourcePath> -Destination <DestinationPath>
# Close the PSSession
Remove-PSSession -Session $Session