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Connect to a remote BizTalk server using Powershell Extensions for BizTalk

How can I connect to a remote BizTalk Server using BiztalkFactory.PowerShell.Extensions.

This is how I start to run a script on current server: 

Add-PSSnapIn -Name BiztalkFactory.PowerShell.Extensions  
#NOTE: Must be in 32-bit version of Powershellto use this SnapIn
cd "Biztalk:\Applications"

Would it be something like this? Would it have to be in the same domain? 

cd "Remote1\\Biztalk:\Applications"

Also, if BizTalks SQL server for the BizTalkMGMTDB is not on same server as BizTalk, how do we handle this? Seems like I did it a prior company, but cannot find the answer today.

Solution

  • Found the answer in one of my old posts: Attempting to perform the InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the 'BizTalk' provider failed

    Apparently if SQL and BizTalk are on different servers, you have to add this line: 

    New-PSDrive -Name BizTalk -Root BizTalk:\ -PsProvider BizTalk -Instance MySqlServer -Database BizTalkMgmtDb

    Just replace "MySqlServer" with your server name.