Add a DNS label to your Public IP DNS (if you’re not using you’re own DNS).Open the port 5985 in the NSG (inbound).Netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = 'WinRM-HTTP' dir = in localport =5985 protocol =TCP action =allow Open the WinRM HTTP port in the Firewall:.Make sure the WinRM service is setup to start automatically.I also installed the Windows Admin Center, which you can download from here. Thanks to Scott Sutherland WinRM cheatsheet and Matt Wrock post on understand and troubleshooting WinRM.įor this demo I provisioned a VM on Azure, using the Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Core Image. There’s plenty of articles around the internet about WinRM, but I wanted demonstrate here a quick way of getting started without researching too much. My goal was to be able to connect to it remotely, without having to remote desktop on it (the remote desktop is only a command line prompt). If you’re familiar with the Microsoft offering, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Core does not have a UI.

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