This whitepaper explores the post exploitation of Metasploit using a generic shell rather than the meterpreter shell.
You can download it from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/121937/Windows_Meterpreterless_PostExploit.pdf
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121937/Windows-Meterpreter-less-Post-Exploitation.html