Powershell – Unable able to run remote Powershell using Active Directory

We are trying to connect to a remote server via Powershell and use the ActiveDirectory module. When trying to do this locally, everything seems to be fine.

PS C:\Users\bar> Import-Module ActiveDirectory
PS C:\Users\bar> Get-ADUser 'baz'

DistinguishedName : CN=Foo Baz,OU=baz.myhost.com,OU=FooMachine,DC=foo,DC=blah,DC=loc
Enabled           : True
GivenName         : Baz
Name              : Foo Baz
ObjectClass       : user
ObjectGUID        : <some guid>
SamAccountName    : baz
SID               : <more info here>
Surname           : Baz
UserPrincipalName : baz@foo

When we do the samething remotely, we are not so lucky.

C:\> Enter-PSSession -ComputerName 172.1.2.3 -Credential foo\bar
[172.1.2.3]: PS C:\Users\bar\Documents> Import-Module ActiveDirectory
WARNING: Error initializing default drive: 'Unable to contact the server. This
may be because this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not
 have the Active Directory Web Services running.'.
[172.1.2.3]: PS C:\Users\bar\Documents> Get-ADUser 'baz'
Unable to contact the server. This may be because this server does not exist, i
t is currently down, or it does not have the Active Directory Web Services runn
ing.
    + CategoryInfo          :
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to contact the server. This may be becaus
   e this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not have th
  e Active Directory Web Services running.,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
 ent.Commands.GetADUser

[172.1.2.3]: PS C:\Users\bar\Documents>

Christopher, we have 2 – 2008 R2 domain controllers running in that domain. The active directory web service is running on both ( "Import-Module ActiveDirectory" works fine on the server console – it is not a domain controller by the way