#obtaining the EthernetAdapters located on the local machine
    $colItems = @()
    $colItems += get-wmiobject -Amended -class "IANet_PhysicalEthernetAdapter" -namespace "root\intelncs2"  -Computername "." -Filter "StatusInfo = 3"

    #get the instance of IANet_NetService
    $service = Get-WmiObject -class IANet_NetService -Namespace "root\intelncs2"
    
    #get the lock object to make changes
    $lockobj = $service.beginApply()
    
    
    #Write-Host "Got the lock: "+ $lockobj.ClientSetHandle
    #this is necessary to set the lock into a new object
    $context = new-object System.Management.ManagementNamedValueCollection
    #adding a new single named value to the collection with the value of the lock objects client handle
    $context.Add('ClientSetId', [int]$lockobj.ClientSetHandle)
    
    #the invoke options
    $invokeoptions = New-Object System.Management.InvokeMethodOptions
    $invokeoptions.Context = $context
    
    
    # here we are just using the 1st 2 devices to be placed in the team
    $adapterstoteam = @()    
    $adapterstoteam += $colItems[0]
    $adapterstoteam += $colItems[1]

    # creating an AFT team with a name of "TEAM1"
    # 0 - Adapter Fault Tolerance
    # 1 - Adaptive Load Balancing
    # 2 - Static Link Aggregation
    # 4 - IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation
    # 5 - Switch Fault Tolerance
    # 6 - Virtual Machines Load Balancing

    $TeamingMode = 0
    $TeamName = "TEAM1"
    
    $classdef = New-Object System.Management.ManagementClass root\intelncs2:IANet_TeamOfAdapters
    $classdef.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = $true
    $classdef.Options.Context = $context
    
    #fill in the CreateTeam's method parameters
    $param = $classdef.psbase.GetMethodParameters("CreateTeam")
    $param.Adapters = [string[]]$adapterstoteam
    $param.TeamingMode = [UInt32]$TeamingMode
    $param.TeamName = [string]$TeamName
 
    
    #call the CreateTeam method to create the new team
    $value = $classdef.psbase.InvokeMethod("CreateTeam", $param, $invokeoptions) 
    
    #finally call Apply to release the lock object
    $inparams = $Service.psbase.GetMethodParameters("Apply")
    $inparams.ClientSetHandle=[int]$lockobj.ClientSetHandle
    $result = $Service.psbase.InvokeMethod("Apply",$inparams,$null)