OutOfMemory Exception on remote execution using Powershell Invoke-Command

Question

I am trying to execute an exe on a remote computer using invoke-command. Executing the exe on the remote machine after logging into the machine using remote desktop takes 1GB of memory and executes to completion after a minute. Whereas when I execute the same exe using Invoke-Command on the same machine, the process returns an OutOfMemoryException and ends suddenly. My invoke command is as simple as Invoke-Command -Session $someSessionVariable -ScriptBlock {Invoke-Expression "abc.exe --arg arg"} -AsJob.

Am I missing something regarding the restrictions on remote invocation?

Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Complete PowerShell script, based on mjolinor's answer, for anyone who wants to skip the reasons and just make it work:

Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Shell\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 1000000
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Plugin\Microsoft.PowerShell\Quotas\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 1000000
Restart-Service WinRM

Answer 2

From:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384372(v=vs.85).aspx

The defult memory limit on remote shells is 150MB

MaxMemoryPerShellMB Specifies the maximum amount of memory allocated per shell, including the shell's child processes. The default is 150 MB.