Where is WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__ local group in Windows Server 2016?

Question

With Windows Server 2012 R2 I can use the group WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__ to enable remote PowerShell execution via -CimSession for non-admin users. However, the group is missing on my Windows Server 2016 machines and I do not see any replacement for it except the Remote Management Users group. However it seems to me that it grants wider permissions than WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__.

Where is the WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__ group in Windows Server 2016?

Solution

KB3118385 seems to suggest that you can manually create it. Have you tried doing that?

EDIT: As Matthew stated below, here are the commands. Thanks Matthew!

net localgroup WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__

And if that fails:

net localgroup /add WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__

Comments

[bahrep]

It does not seem to be the same problem as KB3118385 because the computer is not a domain controller and the group has to be local, that's not a domain group.

[Mike M]

I understand. I was only suggesting that since KB3118385 implies that it can be manually created, that maybe it can be manually created on Server 2016 as well.

[Matthew Wetmore]

This appears correct based on Windows test collateral. While I've worked near this team, this is not an "official" statement of support by the owners. Try net localgroup WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__ or if that fails, net localgroup /add WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__ If this works, Mike can add these steps to his answer and claim the bounty. He needs/deserves the bounty more than I do. :) (Welcome to Server Fault, Mike!)

[bahrep]

Thank you! Creating the group manually works. I don't understand why the group is missing in Windows Server 2016.