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In addition to the system and hardware requirements, the following must be installed on the VitalSigns workstation/server. 

  • Powershell 4.0
  • .NET Framework 4.5.1



The administration account must have the following:

  • Active Directory credentials
  • Member of Exchange Administrators group is ideal
  • Requires the right to run remote Powershell commands
below:
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Open a Windows PowerShell session as administrator.

Server Requirements: AnchorServerReqServerReq

Configure the station to receive remote commands:

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Enable-PSRemoting –Force

  • Enable Credential Security Service Provider (CREDSSP) authentication on the local server:

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    Enable-WSManCredSSP –Role Server

  • Increase the maximum number of PS shells per user to 25:

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    winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxShellsPerUser="25"}'

  • Increase the max memory per shell to 600MB:

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    winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="600"}'

  • Return all users who have the SharePoint_Shell_Access role:

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    Get-SPShellAdmin
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    If the desired user is not listed, you can add a specified service account to the SharePoint_Shell_Access role for a given database:

    Note

    Replace Domain\Username with the desired user and ContentDatabaseName with the desired content database.

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    Enter Add-SPShellAdmin -UserName Domain\Username -Database (Get-SPContentDatabase -Identity “ContentDatabaseName”)
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    You will need to run this command for all content databases for the user(s) who need access.

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    To grant access to all Content Databases:

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    Get-SPDatabase | Add-SPShellAdmin DOMAIN\UserName

    • Return all users who have the SharePoint_Shell_Access role and confirm the desired user is now listed:

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    Get-SPShellAdmin
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    Open the permissions dialog box and enter:

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     Set-PSSessionConfiguration -Name Microsoft.PowerShell32 –ShowSecurityDescriptorUI
    Add the desired user(s) and ensure they have Read and Execute permissions.
    Click OK to save the changes.

  • Once the server requirements have been met, please review the Client Requirements.

    • Client Requirements: AnchorClientReqClientReq

  • Enable Credential Security Service Provider (CREDSSP) authentication on the local client machine:

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    Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role client -DelegateComputer “SharePointServerName”

     

  • Open a credentials prompt box:

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    $cred=get-Credential
    • Enter an administrators account (or the admin account you worked with in the Server Requirements) to run the rest of the PowerShell commands with this account.

    Create a new remote session to the SharePointServerName using the authentication type CredSSP and the credentials previously entered:

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    $s=new-PSsession “SharePointServerName” - authentication credssp -credential $cred
    Warning

    If this fails with an "access denied" error, re-run step 7 in the Server Requirements (go to) to enable configuration of the x64 PowerShell.

    Load the SharePoint snap-in to the current session to allow SharePoint related scripts to be executed:

    No FormatInvoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock {Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePointPowerShell;}

  • Return all content databases in your SharePoint farm (which ensures you have access):

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    Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock {get-SPContentDatabase}

  • Return all SharePoint service instances (which ensures you have access):

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    Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock {get-spserviceinstance}

  • To attempt to use the PS Session to ensure connectivity between the two machines

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    Enter-PSSession -session $s
    • Tip

    You will now see the server(s) name in brackets [ ] PS: c:\users\someuser\documents.

    Example: [sp2013-app.fabrikaminc.local]: PS C:\Users\adamb\Documents>