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# create CimSessions to each of the servers to be configured
$cimSessions = New-CimSession -ComputerName n01,n02,n03,n04

# foreach CimSession configure an IPv4 Address on the interface with Alias Ethernet 2
# the IP Address is derived from the ComputerName property of the CimSession
$cimSessions | ForEach-Object {
    $params = @{
        IPAddress = "192.168.1."+$PSItem.ComputerName.Substring(2,1);
        InterfaceAlias = 'Ethernet 2';
        PrefixLength = '24';

tomtorggler

# Create CIM Sessions to the Nano Servers
$cimSessions = New-CimSession -ComputerName n01,n02,n03,n04

# Get system uptime via CIM to verify the servers 
$params = @{
    CimSession = $cimSessions;
    ClassName = "Win32_OperatingSystem" 
}
Get-CimInstance @params | Select-Object PsComputerName,@{Name='UpTime';Expression={$_.LocalDateTime - $_.LastBootUpTime}}

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# Import the VHD files as WDS Install Images
1..4 | ForEach-Object {
    $params = @{
        Path= "C:\Nano\Nano_compute_n0$_.vhd";
        NewImageName = "Nano-n0$_-10.0.10586"
    }
    Import-WdsInstallImage @params 
} 

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# Set Location to my working directory and import helper module for Nano Server image generation
Set-Location C:\Nano
Import-Module .\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1

# Harvest four domain join blobs for the Nano Servers.
# Servernames will be n01 through n04
1..4 | ForEach-Object {
    djoin /Provision /Domain vdi.local /Machine n0$_ /SaveFile n0$_.txt
}

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# get SQL services and path to executable
$services = Get-CimInstance -query 'select * from win32_service where name="sqlbrowser" or name="mssqlserver"'

# Create Firewall Rule for each of the services executables
# use splatting for better readability
foreach ($service in $services) {
    $params = @{
        DisplayName = $service.Name;
        Action = "Allow";
        Description ="Allow $($service.name)";