How do I configure Group Policy to allow agent deployment?

If the machines you wish to deploy to have the Windows Firewall enabled you need to allow WMI by doing the following:

  1. Create a new or edit an existing Group Policy
  2. Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security / Windows Defender with Advanced Security -> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security / Windows Defender with Advanced Security -> Inbound Rules
  3. Right-click the right hand pane and click New Rule
  4. Select Predefined and select Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from the list and click Next
  5. Click Next then Finish
  6. Edit each rule, select the Advanced tab and deselect Private and Public profiles so it only allows WMI when on the domain network
    • Please add more restrictions to these rules if required. For example it is possible to allow WMI only from your server IP range if required.