


The best resource I found are the guides on .il, but even though I followed them to the letter, the MMC connection will not work. Why is there no central place that has a detailed guide on how to manage a 2008 server core remotely in a workgroup-workgroup setting which ought to be quite common for small shops. I have spent hours browsing the web for solutions, and the whole "check this blog, check that blog" is getting very old. I can connect to the server remotely using RDP without any problems, but any MMC connection is refused. I executed all the firewall commands I could find in the step-by-step guides and elsewhere. I did run the cmdkey command you showed above as the credentials are different. The server and the Vista box I am using remotely are both in Workgroup mode. What else can I try if the above just results in an error message: Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Administration" new enable=yes Until that gets finalized, the recommendation is to just enable remote administration: To use MMC xyz, use netsh advfirewall to enable rule abc I'm working with the firewall team to try and come up with a list along the lines of: How to ensure that the Windows Firewall is configured to allow Windows Remote Management connections from the workstation.
