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Created August 24, 2016 17:41
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Establish a remote PowerShell session
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establish-remote-powershell-session.ps1
$username = "administrator"
$password = "your-super-secret-password"
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username, $securePassword
$pstimeout = New-PSSessionoption -OperationTimeout (1000*60*5)
$session = New-PSSession -computer $ipAddress -Credential $cred -ErrorAction Stop -SessionOption $pstimeout
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