Windows Remote Management (WinRM)

To enable WinRM use:

winrm quickconfig

To crreate WinRM session

At first you need create credential object

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "{your password}" -AsPlainText -Force

Once you have password you can create credential:

$cred= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("domain\username", $password )

Once you have credential object you can create WinRM session:

$session = New-PSSession –ComputerName {Computer-name} –Credential $cred

Once you have created WinRM session you can enter it

Enter-PSSession $session Enter-PSSession –ComputerName {Computer-name} –Credential $cred

Once you enter WinRm session you can write commands like:

• get windows service: Get-Service
• get windows service with specific name: Get-Service -DisplayName "Windows Management Instrumentation"
• get windows service and restart it: Get-Service -DisplayName "Windows Management Instrumentation" -computername | Restart-Service

To close session you can use:

Exit-PSSession

Or if you want to get session and close them all

Get-PSSession | Remove-PSSession

When we searching in name or display name we can use wildcards like *

..... -DisplayName "Windows*"