Enable-Remoting

SYNOPSIS

SYNTAX

Enable-Remoting [-Computer] <Object> [[-Username] <Object>] [[-Password] <SecureString>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This Command will enable PowerShell Remoting on a remote PC.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

This will enable remoting and then prompt for credentials

Enable-PSRemoting -computer PCName -username domain\username

PARAMETERS

-Computer

Computer that PSRemoting is being enabled on

Type: System.Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Username

Username used by PSExec to authenticate with admin privleges

Type: System.Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Password

Password that is associated with the username used

Type: System.Security.SecureString
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

This function requires psexec. If you do not, download it with the sysinternals suite. Add psexec to one of your enviroment variable paths.

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