Public/Get-MyNewCimSession.ps1
function global:Get-MyNewCimSession { <# .EXTERNALHELP HelperFunctions.psm1-Help.xml #> [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('fnNew-CimSession')] [OutputType([Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSession])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias ('CN', 'ComputerName','Server', 'IP')] [String[]] $ServerName, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false, Position = 1)] [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] $Credential, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 2, HelpMessage = 'Switch statement to enable SkipTestConnection Parameter when starting new cimsession.')] [switch] $SkipICMPCheck ) begin { $ServerName = $ServerName -split (",") $so = New-CimSessionOption -Protocol Dcom <# NOTE: Reasons to use 'Negotiate' instead of Kerberos authentication: Peer-to-Peer Network: maybe you are not working in a network domain and want to test-drive remote access in a lab, or at home in your private network. Kerberos requires a network domain. Cross-Domain: maybe the target computer belongs to a different domain, and there are no trust relationships. Kerberos requires trust relationships. IP Address: or maybe you must use IP addresses. Kerberos requires computer names. #> $Params = @{ Authentication = 'Negotiate' ErrorAction = 'Stop' ErrorVariable = 'CIMSessionError' } if (($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Credential')) -and ($null -ne ($PSBoundParameters["Credential"]))) { $Params.Add('Credential', $Credential) } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('SkipICMPCheck')) { $Params.Add('SkipTestConnection', $True) } } process { foreach ($Server in $ServerName) { $Params.Add('ComputerName', $Server) if ((Test-WSMan -ComputerName $Server -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).productversion -match 'Stack: ([3-9]|[1-9][0-9]+)\.[0-9]+') { try { Write-Verbose -Message ("Attempting connection to {0} using the default protocol." -f $Server) New-CimSession @Params if ($CIMSessionError.Count) { Write-Warning -Message "Unable to connect to $Server" } } catch { $errorMessage = "{0}: {1}" -f $Error[0], $Error[0].InvocationInfo.PositionMessage Write-Error -Message $errorMessage -ErrorAction Continue } } else { $Params.Add('SessionOption', $so) try { Write-Verbose -Message "Attempting connection to $Server using DCOM." New-CimSession @Params } catch { $errorMessage = "{0}: {1}" -f $Error[0], $Error[0].InvocationInfo.PositionMessage Write-Error -Message $errorMessage -ErrorAction Continue } $Params.Remove('SessionOption') } $Params.Remove('ComputerName') } } end {} } #end Get-MyNewCimSession |