KnowledgeBase: Errors connecting to Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Device Manager remotely
Last week, Microsoft has released a KnowledgeBase article titled Errors connecting to Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Device Manager remotely.
In this article, Microsoft tells us the reason why we can’t connect remotely to:
- Windows Server 2012 Device Manager from a Windows 8-based computer
- Windows Server 2012 Device Manager from a Windows 7-based computer
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Device Manager from a Windows 8-based computer
- Windows 8 Device Manager from a Windows 7-based computer
The reason behind this, is the fact that Remote access to the Plug and Play (PNP) RPC interface has been removed in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
As a resolution, Microsoft suggests to login to the computer locally to utilize Device Manager.
While this sounds like some sort of workaround for Full Installations, on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2012, this won’t be possible, since devmgmt.msc is not a recognized command.
The work-around for Server Core installations is to install the Windows Server Management Infrastructure role. Use the following command line to perform this action:
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra –Restart
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