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Start-VM



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Start-VM', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Starts a virtual machine.

SYNTAX


Start-VM [-Name] <String[]> [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Passthru] [<CommonParameters>]
Start-VM [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-AsJob] [-Passthru] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Start-VM cmdlet starts a virtual machine.



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REMARKS

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Examples


Example 1

PS C:\>Start-VM –Name TestVM



Starts virtual machine TestVM.




Example 2

PS C:\>Start-VM –Name Test*



Starts all virtual machines whose names start with “Test.”