One of the cool features of the April 2015 WMF preview was a simple addition to the Copy-Item cmdlet. What was once just a simple SMB copy, Copy-Item now has a -FromSession and -ToSession parameter. This now allows you to copy files over WinRM without the need for SMB. At first I thought, “Why the big fuss? Just use SMB. It’s faster”. Then, I came across a problem in my consulting gig. I needed to automate the deployment of VMs into a locked-down DMZ environment. The only port that was allowed to be opened was for WinRM. One small problem though.
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