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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AFAIK they are more or less the same. I have no proof, but I think `Enable-PSRemoting` is suggested and used because the name of the commandlet is a lot more obvious, and easy to remember. – Zoredache Feb 22 '17 at 22:17
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`winrm /qc` is what I use – Jacob Evans Feb 23 '17 at 02:03
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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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WinRM is the underlying transport for remote PowerShell, WMI, and CIM. The PowerShell specific items are layered on top of that basis. – Matthew Wetmore Feb 24 '17 at 03:44