{"id":4620,"date":"2012-11-22T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2012\/11\/22\/powertip-identify-disconnected-powershell-sessions\/"},"modified":"2012-11-22T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-identify-disconnected-powershell-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-identify-disconnected-powershell-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Identify Disconnected PowerShell Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong> Learn how to identify Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 disconnected sessions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" \/>&nbsp;<\/strong>How can I find out which Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 sessions are disconnected?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" \/>&nbsp;Use the&nbsp;<strong>Get-PSSession<\/strong>&nbsp;cmdlet and look for sessions that have a state of&nbsp;<strong>disconnected<\/strong>, as shown here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">PS C:\\&gt; Get-PSSession<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">&nbsp;Id Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ComputerName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ConfigurationName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Availability<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">&nbsp;&#8212; &#8212;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">&nbsp; 1 Session1&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dc3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opened&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Microsoft.PowerShell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Available<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">&nbsp; 3 Session2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dc2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Disconnected&nbsp; Microsoft.PowerShell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; None<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Learn how to identify Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 disconnected sessions. &nbsp;How can I find out which Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 sessions are disconnected? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-PSSession&nbsp;cmdlet and look for sessions that have a state of&nbsp;disconnected, as shown here. PS C:\\&gt; Get-PSSession &nbsp; &nbsp;Id Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ComputerName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ConfigurationName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Availability &nbsp;&#8212; &#8212;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; &nbsp; 1 Session1&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dc3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opened&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Summary: Learn how to identify Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 disconnected sessions. &nbsp;How can I find out which Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0 sessions are disconnected? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-PSSession&nbsp;cmdlet and look for sessions that have a state of&nbsp;disconnected, as shown here. PS C:\\&gt; Get-PSSession &nbsp; &nbsp;Id Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ComputerName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ConfigurationName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Availability &nbsp;&#8212; &#8212;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; &nbsp; 1 Session1&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dc3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opened&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}