Get-VMConnectAccess

Gets entries showing users and the virtual machines to which they can connect on one or more Hyper-V hosts.

Syntax

Get-VMConnectAccess
   [[-VMName] <String[]>]
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]
   [-UserName <String[]>]
Get-VMConnectAccess
   [-VMId] <Guid[]>
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]
   [-UserName <String[]>]

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.

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\>Get-VMConnectAccess

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.

Example 2

PS C:\>Get-VMConnectAccess -VMName VM1

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.

Example 3

PS C:\>Get-VMConnectAccess -UserName CONTOSO\John

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.

Parameters

-ComputerName

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.

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:.
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-UserName

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

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMId

Specifies the unique identifier of a virtual machine for which connect access entries are being sought.

Type:Guid[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMName

Specifies the name of the virtual machine for which connect access entries are being sought.

Type:String[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:True

Outputs

Microsoft.Virtualization.Powershell.VMConnectAce