How To: Create a Remote Session for GroupID Management Shell in Windows PowerShell

Applies To:

GroupID 9 and above – GroupID Management Shell

Business Scenario:

In our organization, users manage their groups via GroupID Management Shell. For this, users need access to the GroupID server; however, this is something we want to avoid. Is there a way to create a remote connection to GroupID Management Shell via PowerShell?

Solution:

It is possible to create a remote session to GroupID Management Shell via PowerShell.

Steps:

Follow these steps to make GroupID Management Shell remotely available to perform different tasks.

1. Open Windows PowerShell ISE.

2. Click File > New to open a new scriptwriter.

3. Type the following script and provide the necessary credentials.
    

   $username = "DOMAIN\USERNAME"  $pass = ConvertTo-SecureString "PASSWORD" -AsPlainText -Force  $Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $pass)  $scriptBlock = [Scriptblock]::Create("add-pssnapin -Name Imanami.groups.management.powershell.admin10")  $s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "YOUR MACHINE NAME HERE" -Credential $Cred   Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock   Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock { Add-Type -LiteralPath 'C:\Program Files\Imanami\GroupID 10.0\Nest.dll'}  Import-PSSession -Session $s -Type cmdlet -AllowClobber  Connect-IdentityStore -mode "2" -IdentityStoreID "1" -Credential $Cred

4. Run the script.
   
   

5. Once the script has run, a remote session will be created. Now, all the GroupID cmdlets will be available to be executed through Windows PowerShell without the need of signing in to the GroupID server.