WinRM

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

WinRM is Microsoft's Windows Remote Management service and protocol for transporting administrative communications between computers and applications.

WinRM is Microsoft's Windows Remote Management service and protocol for carrying administrative communications between computers and applications. It implements WSMan, which communicates over HTTP or HTTPS, using a single port that can pass through firewalls relatively easily. section 13.1.1

WinRM supports remote administration by:

• Receiving incoming traffic through a listener and dispatching it to the registered administrative application. section 13.4
• Connecting PowerShell remoting to endpoints, also called session configurations, that can provide different permissions and functionality. section 13.4
• Supporting administration beyond PowerShell because multiple applications can register endpoints with WinRM. section 13.4

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

Use the architecture figure to connect WSMan transport, the WinRM service, listeners, endpoints, and PowerShell. 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 transport, listeners, dispatching, and endpoints, but defers deeper remoting configuration.

Examples

Uses a WinRM architecture figure and restricted PowerShell endpoints as concrete examples.

What you can do after

Evaluate how WinRM routes administrative traffic and why receiving computers require configuration.

How it connects

Connects WSMan, HTTP, HTTPS, PowerShell remoting, listeners, endpoints, and group policy.

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Related concepts

• hostnameconfigured by · A hostname is a human-readable name that identifies a computer, device, service, or other host on a network and can be resolved to an address.
• Enable-PSRemotingconfigured by · Enable-PSRemoting is a PowerShell cmdlet that enables and configures a computer to receive remote PowerShell connections.
• SSHalternative to · SSH is a cryptographic network protocol providing authenticated and encrypted remote access, command execution, and data transfer over untrusted networks.
• endpointpart of · An endpoint is a network-accessible address or interface through which a service exposes a resource or operation and handles requests and responses.

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