Enable-RDPRemotelyWMI.ps1

19 Sep 2025

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Description

Enable-RDPRemotelyWMI provides a WMI-based option for enabling Remote Desktop on remote Windows systems. It queries the Win32_TerminalServiceSetting class over DCOM and executes SetAllowTSConnections(1,1) so that both RDP and the firewall exception are activated.

Usage examples

Enable-RDPRemotelyWMI -ComputerName 'legacy01'
'server01','server02' | Enable-RDPRemotelyWMI

Leverage this helper when CIM/WSMan is unavailable but you can still reach the host using classic WMI remoting.

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Script

function Enable-RDPRemotelyWMI {
    # You can enable RDP on a remote host by simply running the below two lines.
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter()]
        [string[]]
        $ComputerName
    )
    foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName) {
        $tsobj = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_TerminalServiceSetting -Namespace Root\CimV2\TerminalServices -ComputerName $Computer
        $tsobj.SetAllowTSConnections(1, 1)
    }
}

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