Turn on Enhanced Session Mode using PowerShell ( One-Liners )

30 December

Written by George Markou

Hi ppl! Here’s a quick guide on how to turn on Enhanced Session Mode using PowerShell on Hyper-V.

Turn on Enhanced Session Mode on a standalone Hyper-V Host.

Set-VMHost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True

1	Set-VMHost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True

Turn on Enhanced Session Mode using PowerShell Remoting on a standalone Hyper-V Host.

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "HostnameoftheHost" {Set-VMHost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True}

1	Invoke-Command -ComputerName "HostnameoftheHost" {Set-VMHost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True}

Turn on Enhanced Session Mode on a Hyper-V Host Cluster.

$Nodes = (Get-ClusterNode).Name -Join "," 
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Nodes -ScriptBlock {Set-VMhost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True}

1 2	$Nodes = (Get-ClusterNode).Name -Join "," Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Nodes -ScriptBlock {Set-VMhost -EnableEnhancedSessionMode $True}

Verify configuration.

Get-VMHost | Select-Object -Property  *

1	Get-VMHost \| Select-Object -Property *

Thanks for reading!

George Markou