http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso/archive/2008/08/27/want-free-powershell-library-for-hyper-v-management.aspxCheck out Jamesone's work at www.codeplex.com/psHyperV Including: Finding a VM Get-VM, Choose-VM , Get-VMHost Connecting to a VM New-VMConnectSession Discovering and manipulating Machine states Get-VMState , Set-VMState , Convert-VmState, Ping-VM , Shutdown-VMen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)