![]() NAME Disconnect-WSMan SYNOPSIS Disconnects the client from the WinRM service on a remote computer. SYNTAX Disconnect-WSMan [-ComputerName DESCRIPTION The Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet disconnects the client from the WinRM service on a remote computer. If you saved the WS -Management session in a variable, the session object remains in the variable, but the state of the WS-Management s ession is "Closed". You can use this cmdlet within the context of the WS-Management provider to disconnect the clie nt from the WinRM service on a remote computer. However, you can also use this cmdlet to disconnect from the WinRM service on remote computers before you change to the WS-Management provider. For more information about how to connect to the WinRM service on a remote computer, see Connect-WSMan. PARAMETERS -ComputerName Specifies the computer from which you want to disconnect. The value can be a fully qualified domain name, a Net BIOS name, or an IP address. Use the local computer name, use localhost, or use a dot (.) to specify the local computer. The local computer is the default. When the remote computer is in a different domain from the user, y ou must use a fully qualified domain name must be used. You can pipe a value for this parameter to the cmdlet. Note: You cannot disconnect from the local host (the default connection to the local computer). However, if a s eparate connection is made to the local computer (for example, by using the computer name), you can remove that connection by using the Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet . Required? false Position? named Default value localhost Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters". INPUTS None This cmdlet does not accept any input. OUTPUTS None This cmdlet does not generate any output. NOTES -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 -------------------------- C:\PS>Disconnect-WSMan -computer server01 C:\PS> cd WSMan: PS WSMan:\> PS WSMan:\> dir WSManConfig: Microsoft.WSMan.Management\WSMan::WSMan ComputerName Type ------------ ---- localhost Container Description ----------- This command deletes the connection to the remote server01 computer. This cmdlet is generally used within the context of the WS-Management provider to disconnect from a remote computer , in this case the server01 computer. However, you can also use the Disconnect-WSMan cmdlet to remove connections t o remote computers before you change to the WSMan provider. Those connections will not appear in the ComputerName list. RELATED LINKS Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141439 Connect-WSMan Disable-WSManCredSSP Enable-WSManCredSSP Get-WSManCredSSP Get-WSManInstance Invoke-WSManAction New-WSManInstance New-WSManSessionOption Remove-WSManInstance Set-WSManInstance Set-WSManQuickConfig Test-WSMan |