NetCmdlets V2.0 - BETA

NetCmdlets V2 is packed full of exciting new features including PowerShell Server (formerly PowerShell Remoting), Parameter Sets, Object Pipelining, and new Cmdlets for SSH Enabled Remoting and Amazon Web Services (S3) Integration.

PowerShell Server

PowerShell Server is a secure access Remoting enhancement for Microsoft Windows PowerShell. PowerShell Server gives systems administrators and IT professionals the ability to enable Windows machines with a secure (SSH) remote entry point to a Windows PowerShell host.  PowerShell Server can act as a standalone server supporting VT100 emulation and static terminal mode, or can pass remote objects through the included SSHRunspace Cmdlet, enabling SSH secured Remoting.

How Does Remoting Work?

When the NetCmdlets V2 SSHRunspace Cmdlet connects to PowerShell Server, the objects in the remote shell are XML serialized and returned through a secure SSH connection.  On the client side, SSHRunspace will transparently deserialize to PSObjects with corresponding fields matching the remote objects. The returned objects can be pipelined, evaluated, and stored as any other PSObject. 

New PowerShell Cmdlets Included

• [get/send]-S3: New Cmdlets for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) connectivity.
• [new]-SSHRunspace : Creates a remote SSH runspace with PowerShell Server.
• [invoke]-SSHRunspace : Used with SSHRunspace to return PSObjects from a remote connection.

Improvements to Cmdlets

All of the Cmdlets have been updated to support pipeline input, allowing for an easier and more streamlined integration with PowerShell. Another exciting feature of the Cmdlets in V2 is the support of parameter sets, exposing different parameter sets for some of the Cmdlets provides for a more robust and intuitive construct of the API.

Cmdlets Included

The following Cmdlets are currently available:

[convert]-data	Encoding and decoding utilities including Base64, SHA1, MD5, BinHex, and more.
[get/send]-nntp	Command-line newsgroup browsing. Monitor newsgroup postings and post messages to newgroup servers directly from PowerShell.
[get/send]-s3	Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) storage and retrieval.
[get/send]-syslog	Syslog server and client for LAN event monitoring and reporting.
[get/send]-trap	Monitor and send SNMP Traps.
[get/send]-udp	Send and receive UDP datagrams. Send Wake On LAN requests.
[get/set]-ftp	FTP file transfer capabilities with advanced proxy and firewall support.
[get/set]-imap	Retrieve and manage messages, mailboxes and users in an IMAP server.
[get/set]-ldap	Access Active Directory or OpenLDAP servers through LDAP directory access
[get/set]-ras	Cmdlets for RAS connectivity.
[get/set]-snmp	Command-line SNMP Management capabilities. Manage network devices directly from PowerShell.
[get/set]-tftp	TFTP file transfer Cmdlet.
[get/set]-webdav	WebDav client Cmdlet.
[get]-http	Web client Cmdlet with advanced proxy and firewall capabilities.
[get]-packet	Monitor network interface traffic.
[get]-pop	Retrieve and manage messages in a POP server.
[get]-rss	RSS client Cmdlet enables retrieval of RSS Syndicated content.
[get]-time	Access network time servers and synchronize machine clocks.
[get]-trace	Traceroute Cmdlet for determining the path of network packets between hosts.
[get]-whois	Domain name Whois lookup.
[invoke]-rexec	Remote execution via Rexec
[invoke]-rshell	Remote execution via Rshell
[invoke]-ssh	Secure Shell enabled remote access Cmdlet
[invoke]-SSHRunspace	Used with New SSHRunspace to return PSObjects from a remote connection.
[new]-SSHRunspace	Creates a remote SSH runspace with PowerShell Remoting Server.
[read/write]-zip	Compressions and decompression Cmdlet supporting Zip, Tar, GZip, and Jar.
[send]-email	Send HTML emails with file attachments, supports SSL.
[send]-im	Send Jabber(XMPP) Instant messages.
[send]-ping	Network ping capability to monitor device availability.
[send]-sms	Send SMS(SMPP) instant messages