Manually configuring remote PowerShell connections

Just like Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 is very reliable on remote PowerShell for both on-premises and cloud services. When you double-click on the Exchange Management Shell shortcut on a server or workstation with the Exchange Management Tools installed, you are connected to an Exchange server using a remote PowerShell session.

PowerShell remoting also allows you to remotely manage your Exchange servers from a workstation or a server, even when Exchange Management Tools are not installed. In this recipe, we'll create a manual remote shell connection to an Exchange server using a standard PowerShell console.

Getting ready

To complete the steps in this recipe, you'll need to log on to a workstation or a server and launch Windows PowerShell.

How to do it...

Let's see how to manually configure remote PowerShell connections, using the following steps:

1. First, create a credential object using the Get-Credential cmdlet. When running this...