"Access denied" on Remote winrm

Question

I created a Windows VM on Windows Azure with winrm over SSL set.

But, I can't connect it using a powershell script.

When I'm running the following:

​Enter-PSSession -ConnectionUri https://myniceapp.cloudapp.net:5986 
                -Credential "hostname/username"  
                -SessionOption (New-PSSessionOption -SkipCACheck -SkipCNCheck)

I'm getting a prompt asking for password and after I type it I manage to connect.

But, when I try to automate it, it always returns with "Access is denied"

$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force "password"
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "hostname/username", $securePassword 
​Enter-PSSession -ConnectionUri https://myniceapp.cloudapp.net:5986 -Credential $mycreds -SessionOption (New-PSSessionOption -SkipCACheck -SkipCNCheck)

Any ideas?

Edit

The full error looks like this:

Enter-PSSession : Connecting to remote server myniceaspp.cloudapp.net failed with the following error message : Access is denied. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.

At line:1 char:1
+ Enter-PSSession -ConnectionUri https://myniceaspp.cloudapp ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (https:// myniceaspp...udapp.net:5986/:Uri) [Enter-PSSession], PSRemotingTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateRemoteRunspaceFailed

Answer 1

Had similar problems recently. Would suggest you carefully check if the user you're connecting with has proper authorizations on the remote machine.

You can review permissions using the following command.

Set-PSSessionConfiguration -ShowSecurityDescriptorUI -Name Microsoft.PowerShell

Found this tip here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/11/17/configure-remote-security-settings-for-windows-powershell.aspx

It fixed it for me.