BenjaminArmstrong

$HyperVServer = "."
$VMName = "Test VM"
 
# Get the management service
$VMMS = gwmi -namespace root\virtualization\v2 Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService -computername $HyperVServer
 
# Get the virtual machine object
$VM = gwmi MSVM_ComputerSystem -filter "ElementName='$VMName'" -namespace "root\virtualization\v2" -computername $HyperVServer
 
# SettingType = 3 ensures that we do not get snapshots

BenjaminArmstrong

# Editing a virtual machine file

# This PowerShell code takes an unregistered VMCX file
# It change the VM Name, disables Dynamic Memory, and sets the memory to 2GB
# It then saves the changed virtual machine configuration to a new path

# Parameters that will be changed
$VMConfigurationToEdit = "D:\VMs\Virtual Machines\3F99446F-1D9A-4010-8C8B-4E554E845181.vmcx"
$pathToSaveNewConfigTo = "D:\"
$newVMName= "NewVMName" 

BenjaminArmstrong

function Logger {
   # Do pretty logging of information
}

function cleanupFile {
  # Do some repetitive file manipulation
}

function PrepVM {
  # Setup things inside a VM

BenjaminArmstrong

$foo = "7"
Invoke-Command -VMName "Test" {
      param($localfoo)
      write-host $localfoo
      } -ArgumentList $foo

BenjaminArmstrong

# Prompt for the Hyper-V Server to use
$HyperVServer = Read-Host "Specify the Hyper-V Server to use (enter '.' for the local computer)"
 
# Get all virtual machine objects on the server in question
$VMs = Get-CimInstance -namespace root\virtualization\v2 Msvm_ComputerSystem -computername $HyperVServer -filter "Caption = 'Virtual Machine'" 
 
# Create an empty hashtable
$table = @{}
 
# Go over each of the virtual machines

BenjaminArmstrong

$VMName = "New Virtual Machine"
# Rectangle format == top left x, top left y, width, height
# $cropRectangle = New-Object System.Drawing.Rectangle 35,485,218,147
$cropRectangle = $null
$speakItToMe = $true

# Load System.Drawing
Add-Type -AssemblyName "System.Drawing"

# Load Tesseract - using code from https://github.com/jourdant/powershell-paperless

BenjaminArmstrong

$VMName = "Windows"

# Load System.Drawing
Add-Type -AssemblyName "System.Drawing"

# Load AForge libraries - download from http://www.aforgenet.com/framework/
Add-Type -Path "D:\aForge\Release\AForge.dll"
Add-Type -Path "D:\aForge\Release\AForge.Math.dll"
Add-Type -Path "D:\aForge\Release\AForge.Imaging.dll"
# Number parameter is percentage threshold for acuracy.  0.9 = 90% match

BenjaminArmstrong

$VMName = "VM 1"

Add-Type -AssemblyName "System.Drawing"
 
$VMCS = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\virtualization\v2 -Class Msvm_ComputerSystem -Filter "ElementName='$($VMName)'" 

# Get the resolution of the screen at the moment
$video = $VMCS.GetRelated("Msvm_VideoHead")
$xResolution = $video.CurrentHorizontalResolution[0]
$yResolution = $video.CurrentVerticalResolution[0]

BenjaminArmstrong

$VMName = "VM 1"
$BMPName = "C:\Users\benja\Desktop\test.bmp"

Add-Type -AssemblyName "System.Drawing"
 
$VMCS = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\virtualization\v2 -Class Msvm_ComputerSystem -Filter "ElementName='$($VMName)'" 

# Get the resolution of the screen at the moment
$video = $VMCS.GetRelated("Msvm_VideoHead")
$xResolution = $video.CurrentHorizontalResolution[0]