How to Change The Local Administrator’s Password On Windows Nano Server 2016

In this Windows Nano Server 2016 article, I’ll show you how I reset the default Administrator user account password.

Step by step guide

Changing the Password on Windows Nano Server 2016 Is only possible using PowerShell Remoting and not via the Console.

To get started,  I will Connect  to My Nano Server using the code below:

$ip = "192.168.0.30"

Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts $ip -Confirm:$false

Enter-PSSession -computername $ip -Credential administrator

Once connected, I’ll save the new password to a variable using the cmdlet below:

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password2456" -AsPlainText -Force

To change the Administrator’s password I’ll use the code below:

Set-LocalUser administrator -Password $password

Optionally, I could also set the password to never expire

Set-LocalUser administrator -PasswordNeverExpires $true