Control Windows 2012 r2 Hyper-V servers from Windows 2016 PowerShell

PROBLEM:  Can’t control Windows 2012 Hyper-V server through PowerShell, error returned is

    “The Hyper-V module used in this Windows PowerShell session cannot be used for remote management of the server”

CAUSE:  Unlike most PowerShell modules, the Hyper-V module that ships with Server 2016 is NOT backwards compatible.

SOLUTION: you have to load the downlevel version in your script with this command:

   Import-Module Hyper-V -RequiredVersion 1.1

NOTE:  The current version must be unloaded before calling the new module:
  Remove-Module Hyper-V

You must remove whatever version is loaded when switching back and forth between version.

Trying to load a different version of the same module without unloading the module in memory results in a screen of red loading errors.

Note:  It appears a reboot may be required to access the downlevel version after installing the Hyper-V remote server admins tools through Roles & Features. I do not have the ability to test or confirm this at this time.

Microsoft support was not much help on this one, thought i might save someone some trouble