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I am attempting to migrate a local Windows server (2016) to a new local server (2022) using Windows Storage Migration Service. While installing Windows Admin Center ("WAC"), I encounter the error message: Level=ERROR ExitCode=1 Message=Enable-WACPSRemoting: Failed to configure PowerShell Remoting. Error: Access is denied.

I have enabled incoming traffic through HTML in firewall.

I attempted to implement the solutions found here. Further, I am logging on to the new server with the administrator username from the old server, so the problem is not the one identified here.

I was able to install WAC before I attached the new server to the domain of the old server, but had to reinstall it after connecting. Obviously there was no remote access needed in that case.

Any suggestions you have would be appreciated. I am assuming the problem is encountered in the interface with the old server, but that is puzzling since I am using the administrator account from that machine via the domain controller when I log onto the new machine.

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  • What happens when you confugure PS Remoting manually? Or connect from another host?
    – Greg Askew
    Commented Jul 31 at 22:33
  • @GregAskew - Configure PS Remoting on the old (2016) server manually? I do not know. Will try both of those and report.
    – PhillipOReilly
    Commented Jul 31 at 22:38
  • Configure PS Remoting on the host that has the error about PS Remoting.
    – Greg Askew
    Commented Aug 1 at 4:19
  • learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/…
    – Greg Askew
    Commented Aug 1 at 11:09
  • @GregAskew, your comment got me on the right track thanks. A bit more complicated than that, but at least generated the error messages that got me moving. If you put your responses in an answer, I will accept it and put some details in comments.
    – PhillipOReilly
    Commented 2 days ago

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@GregAskew's suggestion to configure PS Remoting on the new server generated an error message that proved useful. The problem was related to the installation of the ADFS Server on the new server. Since I was migrating an old server anyway, I just reinstalled Server 2022, reconnected it to the Domain server and successfully installed Windows Admin Center. . If you do that, remember to reinstall your product key, because Storage Migration Services will not appear in the menu until you do.

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    This is a bit confusing... what has ADFS to do with all of this?!?
    – Massimo
    Commented yesterday

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