Enabling Remote Desktop access to a Windows Server 8 Core machine.

So when you install Server 8 Core by default, Powershell Remoting is configured and a firewall rule is enabled to allow communication, But what if you still need RDP access?

Here’s a quick script that will enable RDP access to Server 8 Core and configure the firewall appropriately.

You can run this from a powershell remoting session, or via the console:

 

(Get-WmiObject win32_TerminalServiceSetting -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices).SetAllowTSConnections(1)

import-module netsecurity -ea stop ; Get-NetFirewallRule | ? {$_.displayname -like "remote desktop*"} | Set-NetFirewallRule -enabled true