One more thing you need to know about the technique that I showed you is that it can be used to run a command against multiple remote computers. If you need to run a series of commands, you are better off using the New-PSSession cmdlet. This technique is useful if you only need to run a single command. Simply replace the text between the braces with the command that you want to run. Even so, this command is a great way to confirm that you are indeed connected to the remote system.Īlthough the command shown above only returned the name of the remote computer, you can run any command you want against the remote computer. In fact, the computer name was included in the command itself.

Obviously, this command wouldn't be very useful in the real world because you already know the computer name. You can see that the command returned the computer name. (Click to enlarge)įor example, I ran this command against a remote computer named Lab-W7 (Figure B). Simply open an elevated Command Prompt window and enter the following command:įigure B: This command returns the remote computer's name. Windows 7 provides an automated way of doing this. Next, you need to configure the Windows Remote Management Service (WinRM) to use IIS as a listener. On the following screen, select Internet Information Services and click OK.Īfter IIS is installed, start the Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) service. You can do this by opening the Control Panel and clicking on Programs followed by Turn Windows Features On or Off. The first thing to do is install Internet Information Service (IIS) on all of the desktops that you want to manage. There is some prep work that must be done on the computers you want to manage. You can verify that the service is running by opening PowerShell and entering the following command: This service has a default startup type of Manual, so you will have to set the startup to Automatic and then start the service. In order to run PowerShell commands against remote desktops, the Windows Remote Management ( WS-Management) service must be running on your computer.

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