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Hello all,

I’m still getting up to speed on remoting to clients. Remoting is enabled and I can access clients but my questions is why can’t I access clients without invoking commands or the enter-ps… command. If I try something simple like:
get-service -name bits -computername cpu, the commands fails. Details below:

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-Service -Name bits -ComputerName cpu
Get-Service : Cannot find any service with service name ‘bits’.
At line:1 char:1

  • Get-Service -Name bits -ComputerName cpu
  •   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (bits:String) [Get-Service], ServiceCommandException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoServiceFoundForGivenName,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetServiceCommand

PS C:\windows\system32> Enter-PSSession cpu

[cpu]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> $psversionable

[cpu]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> $PSVersionTable

Name Value

PSVersion 3.0
WSManStackVersion 3.0
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.34209
BuildVersion 6.2.9200.16398
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2

[cpu]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> get-service -name bits

Status Name DisplayName

Running bits Background Intelligent Transfer Ser…

cpu]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> exit

PS C:\windows\system32> Invoke-Command -ComputerName cpu {get-service -name bits}

Status Name DisplayName PSComputerName

Running bits Background Intelligent Transfer Ser… cpu

All machines are domain joined and I’m running the commands as administrator. Where did I go wrong?

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Get-Service doesn’t use Remoting. It uses DCOM, and I believe relies on the Remote Registry Service. Lots of older commands, with their own -ComputerName parameter, use their own remote connectivity, not necessarily Remoting.

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Thanks for the quick response Don, that clarifies things. I feel like I’m missing something every time I watch a video and can’t replicate the results on my end. I really appreciate your help and the support of this forum!