Installing and configuring PowerShell Web Access

If you want to install and configure PowerShell Web Access, you will definitely want to read these 2 MSDN Articles:


Install and Use Windows PowerShell Web Access

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831611.aspx

Use the Web-based Windows PowerShell Console

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831417.aspx

However, even after reading both of these articles, I could not set this up on one of my servers in a Workgroup!

After going through an additional 2 articles, I finally came up with a useful PowerShell script that will set up everything for you to make the process as simple as possible:

Enable and Use Remote Commands in Windows PowerShell
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff700227.aspx

Step-By-Step: Deploying PowerShell Web Access

http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/11/14/step-by-step-deploy-powershell-web-access.aspx

$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME

$UserDomain = $env:USERDOMAIN

$UserName = $env:USERNAME

$DomainQualifiedUserName = "$UserDomain\$UserName"

$ConfigurationName = "Microsoft.PowerShell"

Install-WindowsFeature –Name WindowsPowerShellWebAccess -ComputerName $ComputerName -IncludeManagementTools -Restart

Install-PswaWebApplication -UseTestCertificate

Write-Host $DomainQualifiedUserName

Enable-PSRemoting -Force

Add-PswaAuthorizationRule –UserName $DomainQualifiedUserName -ComputerName $ComputerName -ConfigurationName $ConfigurationName