RSAT Server manager cannot manage domain controller in Azure

Question

I have DC1 VM in Azure and DC2 VM on site. I tried everything I could think of but I cannot get this to work. On my domain signed pc I have server manager installed but I can not manage DC1 from that pc.

Any suggestions on what I can try? I can normally browse DC1 through windows explorer. Firewall ports are open and winrm is listening

Answer 1

I can see in your screenshot there is a message about WinRM needing verification. WinRM runs on ports 5985,5986. There might be some firewall rule blocking these ports from your PC to DC01. Check also NSG rules on the Azure VM.

WinRM should be listening by default on all recent Windows Server versions but you can also run 'winrm quickconfig' on DC01 to verify status.

Finally run 'winrm enumerate winrm/config/listener' on DC01 to confirm that WinRM is listening on the correct port.