"Script" to launch VMs on startup.

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"Script" to launch VMs on startup.

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Last edited Jan 26, 2020

Created on Jan 25, 2020

This visualization shows a PowerShell function that automates connecting to Hyper-V virtual machines and optionally starting them on host startup. It parses input parameters through multiple parameter set names, converts names to GUIDs where possible, and calls the `vmconnect.exe` utility for each target machine. The code uses PowerShell’s `Get-VM`, `Start-VM`, and `vmconnect.exe` APIs, handling both VM name and ID lookups, with verbose logging of each connection attempt and instance count.

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