Force PowerShell version on remote session

Question

Hi, as the title suggest, I want to explicitly use PowerShell 2.0 to execute scripts and commands, why? Because SharePoint 2010 only supports PowerShell 2.0. So my problem:
I have SharePoint 2010 installed on a Windows Server 2012 (with PowerShell 4.0 as default). When I execute a SharePoint PowerShell command on the server, it only works when I go to a PowerShell 2.0 console (powershell.exe
-v 2). But when I am on another server and start a PowerShell 2.0 console, the remote session I create with e.g. Enter-PSSession is always PowerShell 4.0, the version of the host. This will prevent me from executing SharePoint commands remotely
So my question is, is it possible in some way to force a specific version of PowerShell with a remote session?

Answer 1

Hi TechPeepz,
To start powershell 2.0 on remote session, please refer to the steps below:
Server02 remote access Server01
1. Run the cmdlet below on server01
Register-PSSessionConfiguration -Name PS2 -PSVersion 2.0
2. Run the cmdlets below on server02
$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName Server01 -ConfigurationName PS2
Enter-PSSession -Session $s
For more detailed information, please refer to this article:
Starting the Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine
If there is anything else regarding this issue, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang