This will be a very short and sweet description on how to monitor Windows Server 2008 R2 from Windows Server 2012
- Start by installing .NET 4 Framework on the 2008 R2 Server
- Install Windows Management Framework 3.0 in the 2008 R2 server
- Run winrm qc in an elevated command prompt on the Windows Server 2008 R2 computer
- To be able to use BPA on the 2008 R2 server run Enable-PSremoting –Force from an elevated PowerShell prompt
- Done…