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psexec \\&lt;server&gt; cmd will run the command prompt on the remote server. <br />
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psexec \\&lt;server&gt; &quot;c:\app.exe&quot; (quotes needed only if spaces in name) will run an application that resides on the remote servers C: drive.<br />
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Is that what you are after?
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psexec \\<server> cmd will run the command prompt on the remote server.

psexec \\<server> "c:\app.exe" (quotes needed only if spaces in name) will run an application that resides on the remote servers C: drive.

Is that what you are after?

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You can use invoke-command powershell cmdlet for this. <br />
For examples refer: <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/09/26/using-invoke-command-to-launch-a-script-on-a-remote-computer-which-connects-to-network-resources.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/09/26/using-invoke-command-to-launch-a-script-on-a-remote-computer-which-connects-to-network-resources.aspx</a>
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You can use invoke-command powershell cmdlet for this.
For examples refer: http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/09/26/using-invoke-command-to-launch-a-script-on-a-remote-computer-which-connects-to-network-resources.aspx [http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/09/26/using-invoke-command-to-launch-a-script-on-a-remote-computer-which-connects-to-network-resources.aspx]

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I have an a program which I want to run on remote Windows servers. I heard that it was possible to do this using Windows PowerShell, however tried to play around with it and did not succeed.<br />
Can anybody help - is it indeed possible to execute programs remotely using PowerShell? and which setup is needed on the remote server to do this?
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I have an a program which I want to run on remote Windows servers. I heard that it was possible to do this using Windows PowerShell, however tried to play around with it and did not succeed.
Can anybody help - is it indeed possible to execute programs remotely using PowerShell? and which setup is needed on the remote server to do this?

remote execution on Windows

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Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.