Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Enabling remoting

Before remoting can be used, it must be enabled. In a domain environment, remoting can be enabled using a group policy:

• Policy name: Allow remote server management through WinRM
• Path: Computer configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Remote Management (WinRM)\WinRM Service

If remoting is enabled using a group policy, a firewall rule should be created to allow access to the service:

• Policy name: Define inbound port exceptions
• Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\ Network Connections\Windows Firewall\Domain Profile
• Port exception example: 5985:TCP:*:enabled:WSMan

Windows remoting can be enabled on a per-machine basis using the Enable-PSRemoting command.

Remoting may be ...