Help with running import-module command on remote computers

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Hello,
I am trying to get a scheduled task together to check antivirus on servers by using get-mpcomputerstatus.
The script i currently works for 2016 and 2019, but not for 2012. 2012 uses get-mprotcomputerstatus, but only if i enable the module using:
Import-Module “$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Security Client\MpProvider”
I have almost 600 2012 servers, so trying to enable this module on all of them with a script.

I’ve tried;

$Session = Start-PSSession -ComputerName server1
Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock { Import-Module “$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Security Client\MpProvider” }
Import-PSSession $Session

Invoke-Command -computername "server1" -ScriptBlock Import-Module “$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Security Client\MpProvider” -Credential $cred

So far, neither of these work. The script runs without error, but spot checking on some servers by running get-command -module mpprovider, nothing is there still.

Any help would be appreciated.

2

Did I get this right … you can import the module locally on the server and your query works this way?! :thinking:

So why don’t you add the command to import the module explicitly to the script you’re using to query those old servers?

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If I go to a 2012 server and run the Import-Module command, it works. I am then able to run get-mprotcomputerstatus and see the details of the antivirus.

Your suggesting adding:
Import-Module “$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Security Client\MpProvider”

Before my script of checking for status?

$defenderStatus = Get-MprotComputerStatus | select AntivirusEnabled, AntivirusSignatureLastUpdated, AntivirusSignatureVersion, QuickScanEndTime, RealTimeProtectionEnabled

4

Ugh…
It’s amazing how simple the fix is sometimes because you get stuck in one train of thought.

That worked.

Thank you very much for all you do.

5

To be unable to see the forest for the trees happens to all of us sometimes. :wink:

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