SCCM 2012: remotely connect via powershelll: no psdrive

Question

Hi,
I'd like to connect via powershell to a remote sccm-server.
What I did:
Run powershell x86
enter-PSSession -ComputerName sccm2012 -ConfigurationName Microsoft.PowerShell32
Set execution policy to unrestricted
Import-Module ‘c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\ConfigurationManager.psd1’
Get-psdrive to see connections (in order to change to sitecode via cd  sitecode)
but the site does not appear (connected remotely also via sccm 2012 console and launched "connect via powershell").
Please advise.
J.
Jan Hoedt

Answer 1

You need some reg keys for this to work. Those reg keys are normally created by the console when you start it.
$CMSiteCode = "P01" #Your site code
$CMSiteServerFQDN = "sccm2012.domain.tld" #FQDN to your site server
New-Item -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\AdminUI\MRU\1 -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\AdminUI\MRU\1 -Name DomainName -Value "" -PropertyType String -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\AdminUI\MRU\1 -Name ServerName -Value $CMSiteServerFQDN -PropertyType String -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\AdminUI\MRU\1 -Name SiteCode -Value $CMSiteCode -PropertyType String -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\AdminUI\MRU\1 -Name SiteName -Value "Primary Site $($CMSiteCode)" -PropertyType String -Force
Use the script above before you import the CM-PoSh-Module, I've used it for some of my customers.
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