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How to check if a Powershell script is running remotely

I have a script that can be run either locally or remotely (via WinRM), however I would like it to behave slightly differently when run on a remote machine. I realise that I can pass in a switch to the script to identify whether it is running locally or remotely, but I want to know if it is possible for the script itself to detect whether it is running remotely?

Solution

  • Get-Host returns, amongst other information a Name:

    PS> (Get-Host).Name
ConsoleHost
PS> (Invoke-Command -ComputerName dev2 -Script {Get-Host}).Name
ServerRemoteHost