The script uses WSMan to establiesh a PSSession, copy the Microsoft Installer Package onto the target machine and perform the installation.
You need to be running Windows as the script relies on WindowsInstaller.Installer ComObject to read the source *.msi package data, and query.exe to check who is currently using the target computer.
- Running Microsoft Windows
- Windows Powershell 5.1 or Powershell Core
- You need to set your ExecutionPolicy to allow executing 3rd party scripts
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
- Have sufficient rights to run PSSession and msiexec on the target machine.
> .\Remote-InstallMSIPackage.ps1 -ComputerName <Hostname> -Path <Path to *.msi>
Connection established to <Hostname> used by 'mkowalsky'.
Product Name : 7-Zip 19.00
Version : 19.00.00.0
InstallDate : 20200924
Should we proceed with the installation? [y/n]: y
Installed successfully.
