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Windows plugin has been designed to perform actions on a Windows machine. Compatibility: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008

Prerequisites:​

• Enable WinRM Protocol and set trusted host list value to * on local as well as target system, refer Appendix 6: Power Shell Remote Connection. • WMI access on local and target machine (Required for Windows: Create Event Log, Restart Machine and Shutdown Machine steps). This is discussed below. • PowerShell version 5 and above. This is discussed below.

Following are the steps to provide WMI access on local and target machines.

  1. Under Control Panel click Windows Firewall

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  1. Click the link – Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall.

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  1. Enable to allow Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) at all levels as shown below.

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Following are the steps to setup Power Shell version 5 or above, A. Set PowerShell Execution Policy:

  1. Open PowerShell command prompt in Run as administrator mode (Go to Start-> Search PowerShell -> Right Click on Windows PowerShell -> Click Run as administrator option)
  2. Change execution policy of computer to allow running PowerShell scripts by using below: command: Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted –Force
  3. Check if execution policy is changed by using below command: command: Get-ExecutionPolicy

B. Updating PowerShell Version:

  1. Download Windows Management Framework from below url: (to update to Windows PowerShell version 5.1or higher) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

System requirements:

  • WMF 5.1 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above. You can install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above by following the instructions at Installing the .NET Framework.
  • Use a 64-bit version of Windows.
  • Need to restart machine once “Windows Management Framework 5.1“installation is completed.

Note: Open PowerShell by right clicking and select Run As Administrator

  1. Check if PowerShell version is updated to 5.1 or higher using below command: Command: $PSVersionTable

Expected output:

NameValue
PSVersion5.1.14409.1005
PSEditionDesktop
PSCompatibleVersions1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...
BuildVersion10.0.14409.1005
CLRVersion4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion2.3
SerializationVersion1.1.0.1
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