Windows Remote Management

Utilizing scripting objects or the built-in command-line tool, WinRM can be used with any remote computers that may have baseboard management controllers (BMCs) to acquire data.

On Windows-based computers including WinRM, certain data supplied by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) can also be obtained.

[1] Ansible communicates with Windows servers over WinRM using the Python pywinrm package and can remotely run PowerShell scripts and commands.

This ensures that actual credentials are never sent in client-server communications, instead relying on features such as hashing and tickets to connect.

Using HTTPS with WinRM allows for additional security by ensuring server identity via SSL/TLS certificates thereby preventing an attacker from impersonating it.