Summary: A simple way to power off your computer by using the Windows PowerShell cmdlets.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve got a script that needs to power off a system after it’s done. How can I accomplish this with PowerShell?
Look no further than the Stop-Computer cmdlet to turn off the power! (How’s THAT for a power tip?) Here are some examples:
# Try without doing anything bad
Stop-Computer -WhatIf
# Stop the local computer
Stop-Computer
# Try without doing anything bad on multiple systems
Stop-computer -ComputerName 'computer01','computer02','computer03' -whatif
# Stop multiple systems
Stop-computer -ComputerName 'computer01','computer02','computer03'
