Connect-Excel Cmdlet
Opens a new connection to Microsoft Excel.
Syntax
$ExcelConnection = Connect-Excel [parameters]
Remarks
The Connect-Excel cmdlet is used to create a persistent connection object to be used with related cmdlets. When executing the cmdlet a connection object is returned. Pass this object to the Connection parameter of related cmdlets to use the newly created connection object. To close the connection, call Disconnect-Excel.
See Establishing a Connection for common connection parameters and more information.