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Remote COM+ Network Access to Server 2012 Core

You have setup new Server 2012 core computer and you wish to perform remote management
of the server through COM+ Network Access.  When you open a console such as Computer
Management you receive the following error message:

Computer "SERVERNAME" cannot be connected. Verify that the network path is correct, the computer is available on the
network, and that the appropriate Windows Firewall rules are enabled on the target computer.

To enable the appropriate Windows Firewall rules on the remote computer, open the Windows Firewall with Advanced

Security snap-in and enable the following inbound rules.

clint.boessen@avantgardetechnolo COM+ Network Access (DCOM-In)

gies.com.au All rules in the Remote Event Log management group.

You can also enable these rules by using Group Policy settings for Windows Firewall and Advanced Security.  For servers
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that are running the Server Core installation option, run the Netsh AdvFirewall command, or the Windows PowerShell
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Because COM+ Network Access is not allowed you cannot use the Windows Firewall and
Advanced Security MMC Snapin to remotely connect to the server.  As a result you need to
LABELS login to the Server 2012 core machine and run the following command from command prompt
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