on server and on client --------- netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes on client --------- netsh firewall add allowedprogram program=%windir%\system32\mmc.exe name="Microsoft Management Console" net localgroup "Distributed COM Users" /add hyper-v-1\dean on server --------- net localgroup "Distributed COM Users" /add hyper-v-1\dean