CASE, IFElse, or SWITCH Powershell to change output of Get-WmiObject - powershell

Question

I have the following code that works as a stand-alone query:
$Type = (Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Computer -ScriptBlock { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Manufacturer })
switch -regex ($Type)
{
"VMw.+" {"VM"}
default {"Physical"}
}
I want to add the switch command within the Invoke command instead of a variable (dropping the $Type variable) so that it can be run against multiple computers, how can this be accomplished, I am not determined to use Switch to accomplish the end result?

Answer 1

Get-WmiObject has a ComputerName property so you don't need to use Invoke-Command
switch -regex (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer -Class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Manufacturer)
{
"VMw.+" {"VM"}
default {"Physical"}
}
And by wrapping it in a simple foreach loop you can easily run it against multiple computers:
$Computers = "computer1","computer3","computer3"
foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {
switch -regex (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer -Class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Manufacturer)
{
"VMw.+" {Write-Output "$Computer is a VM Computer"}
default {Write-Output "$Computer is a Physical Computer"}
}
}