Hyper-V Virtual Machine BIOS and Firmware Info

Q: How can I use PowerShell to view the BIOS/firmware configuration of my Hyper-V virtual machines?

A: Hyper-V 2012 R2 supports two types of virtual machine:

To view the BIOS configuration of a Generation 1 virtual machine, use the Get-VMBios cmdlet (and use Set-VMBios to configure settings). This command's output is shown below:

PS C:> Get-VMBIOS Gen1VM | flComputerName   : SAVDALHV20NumLockEnabled : FalseStartupOrder   : {CD, IDE, LegacyNetworkAdapter, Floppy}VMId           : c418cc87-4db2-4a38-ae5c-9ebd075fdf04VMName         : Gen1VMVMSnapshotId   : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000VMSnapshotName : Key            : IsDeleted      : False

To view the firmware configuration of a Generation 2 virtual machine, use the Get-VMFirmware cmdlet (and use Set-VMFirmware to configure settings). This command's output is shown below:

PS C:> Get-VMFirmware Gen2VM | flComputerName                 : SAVDALHV20SecureBoot                   : OnPreferredNetworkBootProtocol : IPv4BootOrder                    : {File, Drive, Drive, Network}VMId                         : 514dc058-e4b3-4c91-9c5c-824930895035VMName                       : Gen2VMVMSnapshotId                 : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000VMSnapshotName               : Key                          : IsDeleted                    : False