Create remote powershell session in c#?

Question

I'm very new to PS so I think I'm missing something basic here. I can do a remote powershell session like this...

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange
                             -ConnectionUri https://remote.com/Powershell
                             -Credential "Domain\Admin"

I want the equivalent in C# so I'm trying this but it doesn't work...

WSManConnectionInfo connInfo = new WSManConnectionInfo(
   new Uri("https://remote.com/Powershell"),    /* uri */
   "/wtf",                        /* shellUri??? */
   cred);                                       /* ps-credential */

using (Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(connInfo))
{
    runspace.Open();
    using (PowerShell ps = PowerShell.Create())
    {
        ps.Runspace = runspace;
    }
}

This fails with...

System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportException was unhandled
  Message=Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WS-Management service cannot process the request. The resource URI (/wsman) was not found in the WS-Management catalog....

How can I translate that into C#? What is the "shellUri" parameter and how to I convey the configuration name (Microsoft.Exchange in my case)?

Taylor Bird · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-09 21:17:37Z

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http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange

should work for shell uri and get context into the Exchange config

answered Jul 9, 2010 at 21:17

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noctonura Over a year ago

Oh I see, so specifying this "shell uri" in C# is equivalent setting the ConfigurationName to Microsoft.Exchange in Powershell?

Vic · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-18 22:04:32Z

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I use Something like

int iRemotePort = 5985;
string strShellURI = @"http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell";
string strAppName = @"/wsman";
AuthenticationMechanism auth = AuthenticationMechanism.Negotiate;

WSManConnectionInfo ci = new WSManConnectionInfo(
    false,
    sRemote,
    iRemotePort,
    strAppName,
    strShellURI,
    creds);
ci.AuthenticationMechanism = auth;

Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(ci);
runspace.Open();

PowerShell psh = PowerShell.Create();
psh.Runspace = runspace;

With this you have access to remote powershell session.. Use psh to run commands remotely.

answered Jan 18, 2014 at 22:04

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Mark Brackett · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-09 21:18:17Z

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The shellUri should be http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange.

answered Jul 9, 2010 at 21:18

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