How do I configure a Timed restart for Multiple Hyper-V VMs on Server 2012?

The restart can be done from inside the machines (task scheduler on each machine or task scheduler on one machine that does shutdown remote machines ->look at the options of shutdown.exe /?), or it can be done through the host - yes, powershell.

please articulate what problems you are seeing, it's very simple.

I would like to run this from the host if possible. I have about 50 VMs and want easy modification for the future. I am having trouble scripting the Restart-VM in PowerShell to run as administrator. I know I am not doing something, but I am relatively new to scripting.

What trouble do you have?
The restart-vm has examples in its help, did you read those?
The vmhost could start a simple restart.ps1 script though task scheduler using system rights (the system account would be the executioner).

In what I was reading it did not look like I could use a restart "all" type command.

I have the script running like this...

restart-vm machine1 -force

This only works as long as it is directly in the task scheduler arguments section. If I put this script in a restart.ps1 file and insert this in the filed it errors out and I cant read the error before it is gone.

Ok I have inserted the  " get-vm |restart-vm -force " on the Task Scheduler arguments line and it seems to be working. I will try it in production tonight. Thanks for the suggestion.

Turn on this policy: computer config - policies - adm. templates - Windows Components/Windows PowerShell - Execution Policy: Allow local scripts and remote signed scripts

I will post tomorrow to close question after in production solution has run. Thank you again for the assistance.

I am closing this job. thanks