Configure WinRM Service ----------------------- Now we'll configure the WinRM service. We will use the elevated PowerShell session we used earlier. (If you have closed it, just open another one by right-clicking the **PowerShell** task bar icon and choosing **Run as Administrator**.) In this PowerShell session run the following cmdlets exactly as shown under :ref:`WinRM Configuration<winrm_configuration>`. |MS-image009| As noted above, we do not need to do anything to configure firewall exceptions as those are configured automatically by the **Enable-PsRemoting** cmdlet. So the next step is to install the software prerequisites. .. |MS-image009| image:: images/MS-image009.png