Introducing

WinRM
You can use CIM sessions and CIM instances in Windows PowerShell to run WMI commands remotely
over WinRM, as demonstrated here:
PS C:\NanoServer> $ip = "192.168.1.10"
PS C:\NanoServer> $user = "Administrator"
PS C:\NanoServer> $cim = New-CimSession –Credential $user –ComputerName $ip
When the CIM session is established, you can run various WMI commands, such as the following:
PS C:\NanoServer> Get-CimInstance –CimSession $cim –ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem | Format-List *
PS C:\NanoServer> Get-CimInstance -Query "SELECT * from Win32_Process WHERE name LIKE 'p%'"
WinRS
Using Windows Remote Management (WinRM), you can run programs remotely. Before you can use
WinRS, you need to configure the WinRM service and set the code page, as follows:
C:\NanoServer> winrm quickconfig
C:\NanoServer> winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="*"}
After you configure the WinRM service, you can run commands remotely, as if you were running them
from the command line:
C:\NanoServer> winrs –r:192.168.1.10 -u:Administrator -p:Tuva ipconfig
More info To learn more about about WinRS, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/library/
hh875630.aspx.
EMS
EMS is yet another tool that you can use to remotely manage Nano Server by connecting a serial
cable between the management machine and the Nano Server machine.
After you set up EMS in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) settings for the Nano Server machine and
start Nano Server, start a terminal emulator, such as PuTTY, from an elevated prompt on the
management machine, and then complete the following steps:
1. Set the speed to the same baud rate you used in the Nano Server BCD.
2. Select Serial for Connection Type.
3. Enter the correct value for Serial Line.
Remote GUI tools
In addition to the command-line remote management options discussed in the previous sections, you
can use many existing remote GUI tools to remotely manage Nano Server. Because there is no local
sign-in or Remote Desktop in Nano Server and there are tools that even in Server Core don't have
remote GUI replacements, for example Task Manager, there are a set of web-based remote GUI called
Server Management Tools available in Azure today. You can use these web-based remote GUI tools to
manage Nano Server as well as Server Core and any of the other installation options.
More info For further information about the Server Management Tools, see Chapter 5.
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