How to setup SSH Server on Windows Server via PowerShell

Step 1. Login to your Windows Server setup SSH Server via PowerShell

Step 2. Open PowerShell as Administrator

Step 3. Check the names of installable features using the following command

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

Name : OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

State: Installed

Name : OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

State : NotPresent

Step 4. Install OpenSSH Server

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

Path:

Online : True

RestartNeeded : False

Step 5. Start service

Start-Service -Name "sshd"

step 6. Set Startup to [Automatic]

Set-Service -Name "sshd" -StartupType Automatic

step 7. Check

Get-Service -Name "sshd" | Select-Object *

Name : sshd

RequiredServices : {}

CanPauseAndContinue : False

Can Shutdown : False

CanStop : True

DisplayName : OpenSSH SSH Server

DependentServices : {}

MachineName : .

ServiceName : sshd

ServicesDependedOn : {}

ServiceHandle : SafeServiceHandle

Status : Running

ServiceType : Win32OwnProcess

StartType : Automatic

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Step 8. Allow 22/TCP if Windows Firewall is running

New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SSH" `

-DisplayName "SSH" `
-Description "Allow SSH" `
-Profile Any `
-Direction Inbound`
-Action Allow`
-Protocol TCP`
-Program Any`
-LocalAddress Any `
-RemoteAddress Any`
-LocalPort 22`
-Remote Port Any

Name : SSH

DisplayName : SSH

Description : Allow SSH

DisplayGroup:

Group :

Enabled : True

Profile: Any

Platform : {}

Direction: Inbound

Action: Allow

EdgeTraversalPolicy : Block

LooseSourceMapping : False

LocalOnlyMapping : False

Owner:

Primary Status : OK

Status : The rule was parsed successfully from the store. (65536)

EnforcementStatus : NotApplicable

PolicyStoreSource : PersistentStore

PolicyStoreSourceType : Local

Thank You!