Windows Remote Management, the protocol PowerShell remoting runs over. HTTPS uses TCP port 5986 and HTTP uses 5985.
Also called Windows Remote Management.
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Terms in this definition
- Agents (classic) API
First-generation Foundry Agent Service API, based on threads, messages and runs. It is deprecated, replaced by conversations and responses, and retires on 31 March 2027.
- OVER
Gives a T-SQL window function its window: PARTITION BY, ORDER BY and, if wanted, a ROWS or RANGE frame. Rankings and running totals can then be worked out while every row is kept.
- HTTPS
Secure HTTP, wrapped in TLS. VCF products serve their web UIs and REST APIs this way on 443.
- TCP
A transport protocol that is connection-oriented.
- HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which sends data in clear text; VCF interfaces and APIs instead use HTTPS.
Related terms
- Remote Management Users
Lets members who aren't administrators use WMI through WinRM (WS-Management), for example PowerShell remoting or Server Manager's remote management.
- TrustedHosts
A WinRM client setting naming computers to trust when Kerberos mutual authentication isn't possible. Remoting by IP address or to workgroup machines requires it, yet it does nothing to prove the remote computer's identity.