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[Autogenerated] So how do we connect to a

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remote computer? Because in reality,

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that's one of the things that we're going

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to do is try and connect. Now, this is a

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simple Now, if I'm just retrieving

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information using W. M, I I can say, get

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to be my object now. This time I'm looking

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for operating system information and then

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I'm using computer name local host now. In

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fact, I don't actually need to pass that

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to do a local connection because the

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computer named Parameter is only used for

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remote connections. So, for example, if

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I'm trying to connect to remote computer

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I can populate a variable called Trainer,

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which is my machine, and then I pass that

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variable into that parameter that will

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then initiate that same command. So go and

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get me the operating system information,

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but pass it to the computer that we

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specified. Now we can also pass

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credentials because there may be times

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where the credential that you are logged

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in with clearly doesn't have access to the

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machine that you're trying to get to or

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doesn't have the right elevation that's

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needed. So we do have some extra

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properties available to us, such as

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impersonation and credential. So what this

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allows us to do is specify the

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impersonation type, and there's a couple

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of different types here. And then, of

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course, we can pass a domain and account

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credential in this example Here. This will

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connect me to a different name space. Go

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and access the process information that's

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on that remote machine because I'm passing

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a computer name to it and then ensure that

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we log in with the right credential. Now,

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when you execute this command, it will ask

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you for the password for that credential.

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So how do we retrieve computer

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information? So we know that we can get

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the classes in the name spaces using get

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to be my object. We also know that we can

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connect to other machines. But how do we

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retrieve information? Well, this then

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becomes a simple as determining the class

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that we want to get as well as the

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properties. So you can see that we start

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into combine some of these kind of

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standard PowerShell capabilities together.

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So I can use get to be my object past the

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computer name again. So this is for a

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remote machine I can Then say this is the

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class which is my operating system. And

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then, as we've talked about in the past in

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all the PowerShell courses we can then use

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the pipe cmdlet, which will then send that

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information to the next cmdlet is select

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object Select object will then allow me to

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say, Well, which property would you like

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to select? And because I'm using this star

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or the Asterix, it will return all of the

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properties that are available. So it's a

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way of identifying the list of properties.

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Now, of course, this could be hundreds of

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properties or even more so, One of things

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that we can do is get specific properties

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back. So think of the same command. We've

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populated the computer. We have an object

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and were populating the object using W. M.

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I object to the computer again and have

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told it to go and get the operating system

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information. What we can then do is take

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that object we created, which has all the

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operating system details into it on then

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select object property and then we can

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say, Go and get me the caption on the

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manufacturer. So fairly straightforward.

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Now, of course, our next thing to do is to

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retrieve computer information. Now this

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could be done by using the same command.

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So get to be my object on past the

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computer name. And then we specify the

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class. So the kind of three standard

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things that we do. But as with all

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PowerShell commands, we can actually pipe

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the value that comes back from one of

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those and pass it into another object. So

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what I'm doing here is saying Go and get

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me the operating system details and then

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simply pass it to select object. And then

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the property value is set to star, which

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will return all of the properties. Now,

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just be aware that sometimes you may get

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one property back. Sometimes you may get

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hundreds of properties back, so it's

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important to understand that we need to do

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something to make it kind of more user

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friendly. So one thing we can do is take

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the same command that we just ran past the

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computer name. Get the object that to be

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my object for operating system and then

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we can take the results of that and pass

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those into that select object we can do

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select Azure object property star, put it

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in parentheses, and then choose the

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property so caption manufacturer, for

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example. So this, for example, will return

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Windows 10. And it'll say Microsoft is the

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manufacturer, so we can retrieve

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information quite easily using W. My. We

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also have the ability to perform actions

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on other machines. So at the moment we've

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just focused on getting information, which

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is predominantly what people would use W

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my four. They want to retrieve

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information. Let's say you have in a state

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of 1000 desktops and you want to know the

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applications that have been installed on

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those machines you could executable

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commands and do and find out what all

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those machines have. But actually you

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might want to manage. So, for example,

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let's say you wanted to retrieve the

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Windows update service details, you know,

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is that service actually executing on that

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machine? So we can still get get to be my

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object on we can Go in this time specify a

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different class, but your notice were

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introduced another parameter called

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filter. So instead of it being Queary,

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where you would say select star from now

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we can do filter, which is effectively a

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key value pair. So it's the name of the

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field or the property, and then the value

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associated to that. So this will now

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return the specific service details for

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the Windows Update services. What we can

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then do is use what's called Get Dash

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member. Now, this isn't a W my command.

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This is just a standard PowerShell

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command. But Member, how we can use the

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pipe command to pass through. So now I

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have my service object, which is the

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Windows Update service. I can pass it to

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get member on. What does get member do? It

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gives me the list of methods that are

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available. A method is an action, so

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something that can happen. So does it have

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a start method? Does it have a stop

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method? Once we've identified that, then

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we can get the name for that which won't

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come back a start and stop unless that's

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what the service has in this example. The

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Windows Update service has a stop services

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and start services. So I can then execute

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a start and stop on. What's powerful here

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is that this is being done from my machine

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to a remote computer or it could be done

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locally. So I can now retrieve information

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about a service, check the methods to make

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sure I can do an action and then start or

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stop or perform the relative action that's required