Disconnect-WSMan

Applies To: Windows PowerShell 2.0

Disconnects the client from the WinRM service on a remote computer.

Syntax

Disconnect-WSMan [-ComputerName <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet disconnects the client from the WinRM service on a remote computer. If you saved the WS-Management session in a variable, the session object remains in the variable, but the state of the WS-Management session is "Closed". You can use this cmdlet within the context of the WSMan Provider to disconnect the client from the WinRM service on a remote computer. However, you can also use this cmdlet to disconnect from the WinRM service on remote computers before you change to the WSMan Provider.

For more information about how to connect to the WinRM service on a remote computer, see Connect-WSMan.

Parameters

-ComputerName <string>

Specifies the computer from which you want to disconnect. The value can be a fully qualified domain name, a NetBIOS name, or an IP address. Use the local computer name, use localhost, or use a dot (.) to specify the local computer. The local computer is the default. When the remote computer is in a different domain from the user, you must use a fully qualified domain name must be used. You can pipe a value for this parameter to the cmdlet.

Note: You cannot disconnect from the local host (the default connection to the local computer). However, if a separate connection is made to the local computer (for example, by using the computer name), you can remove that connection by using the Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet .

<CommonParameters>

This command supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, OutBuffer, OutVariable, WarningAction, and WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs and Outputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet returns.

Example 1

C:\PS>Disconnect-WSMan -computer server01

C:\PS> cd WSMan:
PS WSMan:\> 
PS WSMan:\> dir


   WSManConfig: Microsoft.WSMan.Management\WSMan::WSMan

ComputerName                                  Type
------------                                  ----
localhost                                     Container

Description

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This command deletes the connection to the remote server01 computer.

This cmdlet is generally used within the context of the WSMan provider to disconnect from a remote computer, in this case the server01 computer. However, you can also use the Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet to remove connections to remote computers before you change to the WSMan provider. Those connections will not appear in the ComputerName list.

See Also

Concepts

Connect-WSMan
Disable-WSManCredSSP
Enable-WSManCredSSP
Get-WSManCredSSP
Get-WSManInstance
Invoke-WSManAction
New-WSManInstance
New-WSManSessionOption
Remove-WSManInstance
Set-WSManInstance
Set-WSManQuickConfig
Test-WSMan