PowerShell remoting

PowerShell remoting allows a single command to be run on hundreds of machines or just one remote machine. PowerShell remoting uses the WS-Management (WS-Man) protocol.

PowerShell remoting is enabled by default in Windows Server 2012/R2, 2016.

PowerShell remoting is enabled with the following elevated command:

Enable-PSRemoting

The following are the requirements for PowerShell remoting:

• PowerShell installed on the local machine where commands will be run from and a remote machine
• PowerShell remoting must be enabled
• WinRM enabled each machine to connect and run a command

We will look at some example cmdlets that can be run against remote computers.

PowerShell remoting examples

The following cmdlet starts an interactive session with a single remote computer:

Enter-PSSession Computer-1

Command Prompt will show the remote computer’s display name; all commands entered will display on the local computer but are executed...