win-mount-nfs.ps1

# Long version
# Input variable to mount remote UNC Path as a local drive
$mountAsUser='domain\serviceAccount'
$mountAsPassword='somecomplexpassword'
$uncPath='\\server009\share01\public'
 
# Scan for next available drive letter, excluding D "CD Rom" and H "Home"
$unavailableDriveLetters=(Get-Volume).DriveLetter|sort
$availableDriveLetters=.{(65..90|%{[char]$_})|?{$_ -notin $unavailableDriveLetters}}
[char]$firstAvailableDriveLetter=$availableDriveLetters[0]
 
function mountDriveAsUser($username,$password,$driveLetter,$uncPath){
    if(get-psdrive $driveLetter -ea SilentlyContinue){
        #Remove-PSDrive $firstAvailableDriveLetter -ea SilentlyContinue #This does not affect drives being mounted by 'net use' command
        net use /delete ($driveLetter+':')
        }    
    try{
        # This command cannot persist when out of scope of function; hence, net use is required
        # New-PSDrive –Name $mountLetter –PSProvider FileSystem –Root $uncPath –Persist -Credential $mountAsCred|out-null
        $result=net use "$driveLetter`:" "$uncPath" /user:$username $password /persistent:Yes
        if($result -match 'The command completed successfully.'){
            write-host "$driveLetter`: has successfully mounted.";
            return $true;
            }
        else{
            return $false
            }
        }
    catch{
        write-warning "$error"
        return $false
        }
    }
  
mountDriveAsUser $mountAsUser $mountAsPassword $uncPath