Windows Server How-To How To Run PowerShell Commands Against a Remote VM Here's a look at the Invoke-Command cmdlet and how it will be extended in Windows Server 2016. By Brien Posey 07/16/2015 ...

PowerShell is a vital task-automation and configuration management tool for Microsoft whose many features include making it possible for system administrators to connect to remote computers and run ...

With the "sleep 60" command, the script pings at 63 seconds, then 65 seconds later, then 62 seconds later, and so on. After 24 hours, the whole script has drifted forward by 2 or 3 minutes.

Without it, PowerShell will nag you for approval as it performs the various steps. You can see what the command looks like in action in Figure 1. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1.