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evenyougreg
Asked: 2017-02-23 13:40:37 +0800 CST

Enable-PSRemoting or Set-WSManQuickConfig?

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I'm getting pumped up for DSC and I want to cover my bases. I see that Enable-PSRemoting actually runs Set-WSManQuickConfig according to help documentation, I guess my main question is, what is the difference between the two? Looks like newer documentation whether it be a book or online article only mentions Enable-PSRemoting and not necessarily Set-WSManQuickConfig. Is Enable-PSRemoting just newer/better? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Checked the help documentation of the two cmdlets.

    Set-WSManQuickConfig performs the following:

    -- Checks whether the WinRM service is running. If the WinRM service is not running, the service is started.

    -- Sets the WinRM service startup type to automatic.

    -- Creates a listener to accept requests on any IP address. By default, the transport is HTTP.

    -- Enables a firewall exception for WinRM traffic .

    Enable-PSRemoting also does the above, and additionally:

    ----- Registers the Microsoft.PowerShell and Microsoft.PowerShell.Workflow session configurations, if it they are not already registered.

    ----- Registers the Microsoft.PowerShell32 session configuration on 64-bit computers, if it is not already registered.

    ----- Enables all session configurations.

    ----- Changes the security descriptor of all session configurations to allow remote access.

    ----- Restarts the WinRM service to make the preceding changes effective.

    So Enable-PSRemoting is the one to use unless you intend on manually configuring sessions.

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