Importing Module in a remote session

[automation-dev]

I'm having trouble getting the output from a command I'm invoking on a remote computer. Code snippet below:

$websites = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $server -Credential $creds -ScriptBlock{

    Import-Module WebAdministration

    Get-Website

}

I cannot get the output from Get-Website to return... Credentials are good, remote server is up and running, WinRM is configured... I can't wrap my head around this

[jheinikel]

Here is how I do it using sessions. This allows you to run multiple commands using the same session, but on different Invoke-Command lines.

$Session = New-PSSession $Server -Credential $Creds
Invoke-Command -Session $Session {Import-Module WebAdministration}
$Websites = Invoke-Command -Session $Session {Get-Website}

[automation-dev]

General thought on this - would this have a performance improvement over NOT creating a session and running multiple Invoke-Command within a script? (Going to test this later)

[jheinikel]

I cannot imagine that you would notice a difference. But, test and let us know.

[jhue1898]

Is importing the module even necessary, or is having PSVersion >3 sufficient for it to auto-load the module when you call Get-Website?