BITS Transfer is not allowed in Remote PowerShell
I’ve been developing scripts for quite some time now. One of the more popular have been my script to download TechEd/MMS event videos and powerpoint slides. During the development of that script I went with the .Net Framework WebClient feature instead of the PowerShell integrated BITS transfer feature to some peoples questions/complaints(?).
Today I for once thought that I might just as well use the beloved BITS transfer in PowerShell while developing a script. But it didn’t work. So know I have an additional reason on why to use the WebClient feature instead of BITS 
Not sure that is a thing to be happy about but you get the idea.
The problem occur when you try to run a script, or a scriptblock, in a remote PowerShell session. BITS are NOT allowed to be executed in a remote PowerShell session. Never. Ever.
You get the error message “The remote use of BITS is not supported” when you try.
What you have to do instead is to use the “New-Object System.Net.WebClient” command and put that into a variable that then can use the DownloadFile method.
You could also vote for a change in the product at Microsoft Connect.
/Tim
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Tim Nilimaa
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