PowerShell Server uses password-based authentication to identify users connecting to it. The application does not keep its own user repository; instead it integrates with Windows Authentication so that users can connect using their Windows username and password. Local users of the machine where PowerShell Server is running and users of the domain the machine is a member of are supported.

Interactive terminal connections have been tested to work with the following clients: Putty on Windows, New-SSHRunspace, Invoke-SSHExpression, and Remove-SSHRunspace cmdlets included in NetCmdlets, New-PowerShellServerRunspace, Invoke-PowerShellServerExpression, and Remove-PowerShellServerRunspace cmdlets included in PowerShell Server, PocketPutty on Windows CE/Mobile devices, OpenSSH with XTerm, gnome-terminal and Konsole.

You can control the trace level of logging from within the application.