WinRM Service
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
The WinRM service processes WSMan requests received over the network. It uses HTTP.sys to listen on the network.
Aspects
The following is a list of all aspects that are part of this managed entity:
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You can configure various aspects of the WinRM service. The configuration information is stored in the registry. |
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The WinRM Subscription Client enables remote computers to push events to the Windows Event collector service. |
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The Listener is a component of the WinRM service that indicates to the service which IP addresses and ports to listen on for WS-Management related requests. Users can create one or more listeners. |
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You can migrate WinRM service configuration when performing PC-to-PC migration or upgrades. For example, if a computer is configured to use WS-Management and a user wants to migrate the same configuration to another computer, the issues that can be encountered when doing this migration are modeled in this aspect. |
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Plug-ins are loaded and used by the WinRM service to provide various functions including: configuration, WMI access, and event forwarding. |