Enable-PSRemoting

As explained in Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Fourth Edition, Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS

Enable-PSRemoting is a PowerShell cmdlet that configures a computer to receive PowerShell remoting connections.

Enable-PSRemoting configures a computer to receive PowerShell remoting connections. Run it from an elevated PowerShell session when preparing a computer for remote administration. section 13.4

The cmdlet prepares several parts of the remoting system:

• Starts the WinRM service and configures it to start automatically. section 13.4
• Registers PowerShell as an endpoint and creates a default WinRM listener on all local IP addresses. section 13.4
• Creates a Windows Firewall exception for incoming WinRM traffic. section 13.4

Enable remoting

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: Enable-PSRemoting. If a network connection is marked Public, the firewall exception may fail; change the connection type before retrying. section 13.4

Figure 13.3 The relationship between WinRM, WSMan, endpoints, and PowerShell

Trace how WinRM and WSMan connect listeners to PowerShell endpoints. section 13.4

How Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Fourth Edition, Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS covers it

How deep it goes

Explains service, endpoint, listener, and firewall setup, while deferring advanced endpoint permissions and functionality.

Examples

Uses an elevated PowerShell command and a Public-network firewall error as practical setup examples.

What it assumes

Requires an administrator PowerShell session on Windows and awareness of the computer’s network connection type.

What you can do after

Operate/configure a computer for incoming PowerShell remoting connections with Enable-PSRemoting.

How it connects

Connects PowerShell remoting with WinRM, WSMan, endpoints, listeners, and Windows Firewall.

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Related concepts

• remotingconfigures · Remoting is the execution of commands or management operations on a computer, device, or service over a network connection.
• WinRMconfigures · WinRM is Microsoft's implementation of the WS-Management protocol and service for remotely managing Windows computers.

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