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Enable SSHD

⌘ + r ➔ ms-settings:optionalfeatures ➔ OpenSSH ➔ Install

⌘ ➔ services.msc ➔ OpenSSH SSH Server

  • Startup type: {AUTOMATIC}

Allow SSH through Windows Firewall 

# Run as administrator.
New-NetFirewallRule -Name sshd -DisplayName 'OpenSSH Server (sshd)' -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -LocalPort 22

Set up publickey authentication

Grant SSHD service read permissions to .ssh directory. 

mkdir c:\Users\{USER}\.ssh

icacls c:\users\{USER}\.ssh /grant "NT Service\sshd:R" /T