[SOLVED] Different results with invoke-command vs local command

Different results with invoke-command vs local command

Executing practically the same command but remotely delivers no results in Powershell.

This delivers empty lines:

$certificates = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computername -ScriptBlock { 
    Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\My 
}

foreach ($certificate in $certificates)
{
    $certificate.FriendlyName
}

meanwhile this script locally on the remote computer delivers the desired results:

$certificates = Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\My 

foreach ($certificate in $certificates)
{
    $certificate.FriendlyName
}

I use the Invoke-Command in another script with certificates and works perfectly fine. All the other properties except FriendlyName work perfectly fine. I added all the friendly names on the certificates today, maybe the computer I run invoke-command from hasn't caught on yet?

Solution

Found the solution. Had to do this pipeline thingy for whatever reason

$certificates = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computername -ScriptBlock { 
    Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\My | Select FriendlyName
}

foreach ($certificate in $certificates)
{
    $certificate.FriendlyName
}