Changing Nano back to DHCP

I've been playing around some more with Nano server, but I didn't want to create yet another VM, so I decided to use one of my existing Nano servers. But it had an IP set already, and was set to an Internal switch (so no internet connectivity possible). So let's PowerShell-fix this!

First let's change the adapter of my VM called nano1:

Get-VM nano1 |Get-VMNetworkAdapter|Connect-VMNetworkAdapter -SwitchName external

There, that didn't hurt so much! Good, now let's change the settings inside the nano1 VM, to set the IP's back to DHCP. First, this very cool thing in Hyper-V called PowerShell Direct, allows me to enter the VM without needing any IP connectivity. All you need is the credentials of the VM, and to select the "-VMName" option with Enter-PSSession:

$cred = Get-Credential

Enter-PSSession -VMName nano1 -Credential $cred

This is what it looks like:

PS C:\> $cred = Get-Credential

Enter-PSSession -VMName nano1 -Credential $cred

cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1

Supply values for the following parameters:

[nano1]: PS C:\Users\administrator\Documents>

As Montgomery Burns says: "Excellent...": Did you notice the [nano1] in front of the last prompt? We're inside the VM! BTW, you don't need to add the credential, it will ask you for the credentials if you don't add them, but if you go in and out more than once, this is nicer.

Now that we're in a session, let's change the IP address and DNS back to DHCP enabled:

Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" | Set-NetIPInterface -Dhcp Enabled

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -ResetServerAddresses -InterfaceAlias Ethernet

Done!