Skip to main content

Launch a Program on a Remote Server

Sometimes, you may need to execute a program or process on a remote server from another machine. Fortunately, PowerShell provides a command to achieve this.


Applicable to: Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, and 2012

You can use Windows Remote Management with the winrs command to remotely manage and run programs:

winrs -r:<REMOTE_SERVER> <PROGRAM>

# For example: 
winrs -r:my_server cmd.exe

In this example, a Command Prompt will be launched on my_server from the local machine, behaving as though it was directly executed on the remote server.