How to: Install PowerShell Web Access on Windows Server 2012 (8)

Quickly Install using PowerShell


If you want to really quickly install PowerShell Web Access to test the functionality in a lab environment, you can run the following commands:
  1. Add-WindowsFeature WindowsPowerShellWebAccess
  2. Install-PswaWebApplication -UseTestCertificate
  3. Add-PswaAuthorizationRule * * *
  4. Start your browser and navigate to https://servername/pswa/

Install Manually Using Server Manager

  1. Fire up Server Manager and select Manage –> Add Roles and Featuresimage
  2. Click Next on the Before you begin step
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  3. Select Role-based or feature-based Installation and click Next
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  4. Select the Target server from the Server Pool and click Next
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  5. On the Select Server Roles step, click Next. PowerShell Web Access is a feature so we will skip this step.
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  6. On the Features step, select PowerShell Web Access. When prompted click Add Features to add required roles and features and click Next
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  7. On the IIS role step and the IIS Role Services steps, click Next (Next, Next)
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  8. At the Confirm step, click Install
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  9. Wait for the installation to complete, or click Close
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  10. If you do click close before the installation completes, you can monitor the task from the notification icon within Server Manager
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  11. Configure the web application by running the Install-PSwaWebApplication cmdlet shown below.
    Please note: You may prefer to change the web application name or just leave that parameter out and the default will be pswa.
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  12. Configure an Authorisation Rule for the built-in Administrator account using the  Add-PswaAuthorisationRule cmdlet
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  13. Try it out! https://localhost/myWebApp/
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