PowerShell script from Ruby minitest in Chef not properly executing

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I am trying to write a test in Chef using Chef's minitest-handler, specifically, the assert_sh function. Here is my code (I also tried it without the "status = " but getting same results:

status = assert_sh(powershell -command "& {(Get-AzureVM -ServiceName antimalware-test -Name $env:computername | Get-AzureVMMicrosoftAntimalwareExtension).state -eq 'Enable'}")

For some reason, ruby wants to use cmd.exe to run shell commands. As far as I know there is no way to run them directly from PowerShell, which is why I have to run "powershell -command". Please let me know if there is a better way. When I run everything inside the parentheses in a cmd console, it works. When I run my test, it complains about the "&", stating that it's an unexpected character. I have tried escaping it and even removing it. When I remove it, it complains about "-ServiceName".

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PowerShell script from Ruby minitest in Chef not properly executing