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Configure servers for remote admin

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Configure servers for remote admin

- [Narrator] Another important piece of the puzzle that is automated administration is remotely administering other machines. You can manage and administer remote machines individually, or you can work on several at one time. But before you do this, you need to configure each machine to allow remote management. There are three parts to this process. The first is to make sure you have access rights to the things that you want to manage. There is nothing magic about remoting that grants new privileges on the remote machine. Even running PowerShell as an administrator only elevates your privileges on the machine where you sit. It does nothing for the remote system. The easiest way to provide for this mutual authentication within the same Active Directory forest is through the use of certificates. If you're not familiar with how to set up a certificate authority within your domain, check out my course on Windows Server 2016, Certificate Service. It will walk you through setting up a…

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