Sending a script file into the VM using PowerShell Direct

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Okay, PowerShell Direct is cool - but sometimes you just want to copy a script (or set of scripts) into the virtual machine and run them there.  How can you do that?  Fortunately - PowerShell Direct comes to the rescue.  Here is a simple snippet that will send any text file from the host to the virtual machine over PowerShell Direct:

# Pass in script file - array trick from https://powershell.com/cs/forums/t/4169.aspx
function copyTextFileIntoVM([string]$VMName, $cred, [string]$sourceFilePath, [string]$destinationFilePath){
   $content = Get-Content $sourceFilePath
   icm -VMName $VMName -Credential $cred {param($Script, $file)
         $script | set-content $file} -ArgumentList (,$content), $destinationFilePath}

Once this is done - you can then use PowerShell Direct to kick off any processes you want.

Cheers,
Ben