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Is it possible to remotely manage an IIS server, running on Server 2016 NANO using the IIS Manager 10 from the client?

I have a newly created nano VM. I've installed IIS, dotnet, IIS Administration API, and File Services on it. IIS is working from the client side. I can see the default page when I browse to the VM's IP address. I can authenticate to the IIS Administration API through the browser. I can copy files from the client machine to the server's inetpub\wwwroot directory through Windows Explorer. Everything seems to be working but when I open IIS Manager 10 on my client machine and try to connect it to the nano server, I get an error message that says "Could not connect to the specified computer. Details: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized."

I've already followed the instructions at https://blogs.iis.net/adminapi/microsoft-iis-administration-on-nano-server That's how I've gotten as far as I have but now I'm just stuck and can't seem to find any path forward.

EDIT: BTW, I am able to connect to the site and administer it with http://manage.iis.net/

Ed R.
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  • What you discovered is the answer. Nano servers are supposed to be managed via PowerShell or the web portal. IIS Manager becomes the past. – Lex Li Jul 01 '17 at 01:14

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As far as I can tell, it's not possible.

You can see what's available with dism /online /get-feature, but IIS-WebServerManagementTools is not in that list.

bdimag
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