Get-VMConnectAccess
Get-VMConnectAccess
Gets entries showing users and the virtual machines to which they can connect on one or more Hyper-V hosts.
Syntax
Parameter Set: VMName
Get-VMConnectAccess [[-VMName] <String[]> ] [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-UserName <String[]> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
Parameter Set: VMId
Get-VMConnectAccess [-VMId] <Guid[]> [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-UserName <String[]> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
Detailed Description
The Get-VMConnectAccess cmdlet gets entries showing users and the virtual machines to which they can connect on one or more Hyper-V hosts. This cmdlet is intended for use in providing other applications with the appropriate permissions required to initiate a session with Virtual Machine Connection. Examples of such applications are Virtual Machine Manager.
Parameters
-ComputerName<String[]>
Specifies one or more virtual machine hosts on which connect access entries are being sought. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully-qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer — use “localhost” or a dot (“.”) to specify the local computer explicitly.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
. |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-UserName<String[]>
Specifies the user or users for whom connect access entries are being sought, in one of the following forms:
Local User Account:
john
ComputerName\john
Domain User Account:
CONTOSO\john
Contoso.com\john
User Principal Name (UPN):
john@contoso.com
Security Identifier:
S-1-5-21-3165297888-301567370-576410423-1103
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-VMId<Guid[]>
Specifies the unique identifier of a virtual machine for which connect access entries are being sought.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
true |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue, ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-VMName<String[]>
Specifies the name of the virtual machine for which connect access entries are being sought.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
true |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
- Microsoft.Virtualization.Powershell.VMConnectAce
Examples
Example 1
This command gets a list of all the users who have access to connect to any virtual machine on the local computer. The example assumes that the Grant-VMConnectAccess has been run previously for at least one user account.
PS C:\> Get-VMConnectAccess
Example 2
This command gets a list of all the users who have access to connect to virtual machine VM1. The example assumes that the Grant-VMConnectAccess has been run previously for at least one user account for virtual machine VM1.
PS C:\> Get-VMConnectAccess –VMName VM1
Example 3
This command gets a list of all the virtual machines on the local computer that user Contoso\John has access to connect to. The example assumes that the Grant-VMConnectAccess has been run previously to grant access to Contoso\John.
PS C:\> Get-VMConnectAccess –UserName CONTOSO\John