Powershell 2.0 and WinRM? 1

[kmcferrin]

So I am looking at deploying Powershell 2.0 to a nummber of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers for a project that I am working on. From what I can tell it looks like it is bundled with WinRM 2.0 as well int he Windows Management Framework. I've done a little more digging and discovered that WinRM is required for Powershell remoting (which we won't be doing) and background processing (with local background PS jobs being submitted to the same interface/API as the remote jobs). I don't think that we will be making use of this functionality either.

If that is the case, is WinRM a prerequisite for me? Can I still install Powershell without it (in the interest of security)?

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MCTS:Windows 7
MCSE:Security 2003
MCITP:Server Administrator
MCITP:Enterprise Administrator
MCITP:Virtualization Administrator 2008 R2
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[crobin1]

The installers are bundled together. If I remember right the PowerShell team had a blog post about the requirement change and why it was needed. While the Windows Remote Management service does run automatically, it is not automatically configured to allow connections. If you're not going to use it your best bet is to probably stop/disable the service after the install.

 

[kmcferrin]

Thanks!

________________________________________
CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, Security+
MCTS:Windows 7
MCSE:Security 2003
MCITP:Server Administrator
MCITP:Enterprise Administrator
MCITP:Virtualization Administrator 2008 R2
Certified Quest vWorkspace Administrator