[QUESTION] How to Run PowerShell Scripts from WAC connection to Server?

Unfortunately the Active Directory cmdlets don’t work in a remote PowerShell session, which is what WAC uses for the console on the machine you are managing.

Outside of WAC, if you open your local PowerShell console to connect like this:

Enter-PSSession ADUTIL

Then try the same script you were using in WAC, you should see the same errors.

The root cause of the AD cmdlets throwing this error in a remote session is referred to as the “double-hop” problem.

You are on LAPTOP, connected to ADUTL. When you run a AD cmdlet, that cmdlet is making a remote call to the DC (the second “hop”), which requires authentication. In this example, in the default configuration, there is no way for your credentials to get from LAPTOP to DC.