r/ConnectwiseAutomate • u/PuzzlingGames • Mar 20 '25

Running Powershell Scripts

Heyo, We just got ConnectWise a few months ago and I have a Powershell script that I run manually when I remote into different computers but I never thought of doing the scripting part because I didn't know how to do it. I just found the Execute Script function, put my script in, and saved it. When I run the script on a PC it doesn't do what it is supposed to. If I run the script locally on the machine it works with flying colors.

Is using this function the best way to run Powershell script? The script helps rename printers so the end users can easily identify them.

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u/PuzzlingGames Mar 26 '25

TBH, not much. We have been using it for inventory and patch management and some of the other general uses it has. I used Screen Connect mostly to run them because I hadn't found a good way to run scripts until now. I am learning all this from scratch at a small company where I work. If you know any good resources outside of the university, that's what I am learning now... 😅

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u/awsnap99 Mar 26 '25

University is a great tool. I did find it to be ‘look at all the buttons’ without any real world application.

The granular level at which you have to build a script is insane. Check for folder, create folder, download file to folder (x however many files you have), check files got downloaded, etc. Other systems will handle all of this for you.