Chapter 32. Remote Administration

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Configuring, verifying, and removing winrm

• Using winrs to issue commands

• Connecting to remote systems with mstsc

Tip

You should be familiar with remote administration methods when preparing for the 70-642, 70-646, and 70-647 exams.

Configuring, Verifying, and Removing winrm

When using Windows Remote Management (winrm) and Windows Remote Shell (winrs), both computers must be configured with winrm. The basic command to configure the computers is

winrm quickconfig

Note

Chapter 26, “Working with Event Subscriptions,” shows how to use winrm quickconfig to configure a source computer in an event subscription. You can then use ...

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