Enter-PSSession

By

Brian Johnson

Handy for PowerShell remoting!

Making a connection (while logged in as a domain user)

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName SERVER01

You'll probably get a big red scary blob of text telling you 777 reasons why the connection didn't complete. The fix (probably) is to add that host to your trusted list...

Adding hosts to trusted list

# This is how I used to do it:
winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="SERVER01"}

# This is how I did it when I had issues in March, 2026
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "SERVER01" -Force

Making a connection (from a non-domain-joined machine)

$cred = Get-Credential
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName SERVER01 -Credential $cred

Troubleshooting

Make sure WinRM is enabled on your local box:

Start-Service WinRM