2. Configure server roles and features 2.3 Configure servers for remote management

2.3.1 Configure WinRM
enabled by default in 2012
In Server Manager, on Local Server, Properties Tile:
Remote Managent click and check or uncheck "Enable remote management..." to enable or disable.

2.3.2 configure down-level server management

You can setup some limited management of 2008 SP2 and 2008R2 SP1 using Server Manager:
1.install .Net Framework 4.0
2.install Windows Management Framework 3.0(also installs Powershell 3)
3.set-executionpolicy remotesigned
   configure-smremoting.ps1 -enable
 4. Enable Com+ Network Access and Remote Event log Management rules

Extra note: Im not sure if configure-smremoting.exe or enable-psremoting are available on 2008 in this case, but any of these should work. 

Note that you won't be able to add/remove roles

You can also setup very limited Online view of 2008 and 2008r2 otherwise, and of 2003 by adding them to a group.

2.3.3 configure servers for day-to-day management tasks

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831394.aspx

Manageability:
This section on the Dashboard will show Server Manager notifications for the associated Server Group.

Event log data collection:
For each server group in the server grouping nodes, you can manage the events to collect:
click a Server Group or Role-specific page.
On Events tile, select Tasks and Configure Event Data.
Check Critical, Error, Warning, and/or Informational
Select range to retrieve events from
If server group, select which event logs to get events from. (Role specific pages default to role logs)

You can also affect the Event alerts on the dashboard for a group/role by clicking Events in the associated dashboard tile. Event severity, sources, logs, time period, specific id's, and servers in the group.

Services alerts
You can setup alerts for services for a group in the dashboard by clicking on Services in a specific group tile.
Select Start Types, All or specific services, Service Status, and specific servers

Collect Performance Data and alerts
In a Server Group node,in Servers tile right click "Start Performance Alerts"
On Performance tile: Tasks/Configure Performance Alerts, or from Dashboard/server group tile/performance
Set CPU usage threshold fror Alert, Set Memory threshold. Set Performance Graph display period.

BPA Scan:
You can start a BPA scan from associated server group node under BPA tile.
You can also set alert criteria in the dashboard under Server Group tile.

2.3.4 configure multi-server management
Add servers by clicking Add Servers to Manage from Dashboard, or Manage, Add Server

Create a new server group from Dashboard, or Manage "Create Server Group"

2.3.5 configure Server Core
seems a bit redundant. covered in 1.2.1
WinRM is enabled by default in 2012
Enabling Win-RM:enable-psremoting
Disable Win-RM: disable-psremoting

See 2.3.6 for MMC access

Extra note: Some documentation talks about using configure-smremoting.exe -enable to enable Server Manager to remotely access the 2012 server core installs, but i believe this is superseded by enable-psremoting, which also enables Win-RM, and sets up win-rm listener, etc. Regardless, 2012 is enabled for remote management by default. 


2.3.6 configure Windows Firewall
 Enable for DCOM access: Com+ Network Access, Remote Event Log Management rules
This will allow MMC components to work.

set-netfirewallrule -name 'ComPlusNetworkAccess-Dcom-In' -enabled true
set-netfirewallrule -displaygroup 'Remote Event Log Management' -enabled true