Is it possible to run my local activedirectory powershell module against a remote dc?

Question

I have completed all the prerequisites for getting remote connection etc. Everything is in place. I am logging in from windows 7 with rsat installed. The server is 2008 NOT R2. I can remote in successfully over https, but how do i get my local activedirectorymodule to be run against the remote server?

Answer 1

PowerShell ActiveDirectory module depends on Active Directory Web Services (ADWS). It's ships with Windows 2008 R2 (and latter) but can also be installed on older DCs. The name of the package is Active Directory Management Gateway (ADMG).

In my experience: if you want to use AD module against selected DC/domain, the best option is to create PSDrive that will point to this server/ domain:

New-PSDrive -PSProvider ActiveDirectory -Name MyAD -Root '' -Server YourDC

Once you cd into this drive, any command you will run will target selected DC.