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# Start-PSUDashboard

Start-PSUDashboard starts a stopped dashboard app, identified by name or app object, on a remote or local PowerShell Universal server.

## SYNOPSIS

Starts an app in PowerShell Universal.

## SYNTAX

```powershell
Start-PSUDashboard -App <Dashboard> [<ConnectionOptions>] [<CommonParameters>]
Start-PSUDashboard -Name <String> [<ConnectionOptions>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

`<ConnectionOptions>`: `[-ComputerName <String>] [-AppToken <String>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-UseDefaultCredentials] [-Integrated] [-TrustCertificate] [-Cookies]`.

## DESCRIPTION

This legacy name is an alias of `Start-PSUApp`. Select an app by its name or pipeline object. The command looks up the matching app and starts it; an unknown app name causes an error.

## EXAMPLES

```powershell
Get-PSUApp -Name 'MyApp' | Start-PSUDashboard
```

Starts the `MyApp` app in PowerShell Universal.

## PARAMETERS

| Parameter                | Description                                                       |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-App`                   | App object to start; accepts pipeline input (alias `-Dashboard`). |
| `-Name`                  | App name to start; accepts pipeline input.                        |
| `-ComputerName`          | Target PSU server URL or host name (alias `-Uri`).                |
| `-AppToken`              | Management API app token.                                         |
| `-Credential`            | Management API credentials.                                       |
| `-UseDefaultCredentials` | Uses current Windows credentials.                                 |
| `-Integrated`            | Uses the in-process management client.                            |
| `-TrustCertificate`      | Ignores certificate validation errors.                            |
| `-Cookies`               | Reuses session authentication cookies.                            |

## INPUTS

`PowerShellUniversal.Dashboard` or app name.

## PERMISSIONS

The access token requires `apps/update` to run this cmdlet remotely.


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