diff --git a/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/pam.go b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/pam.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..243d85ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/pam.go
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+package winrm
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// normalizeJSONArray coerces ConvertTo-Json output (an object for a single item, an array for many,
+// empty for none) into a JSON array so callers always parse a list.
+func normalizeJSONArray(s string) json.RawMessage {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if s == "" {
+		return json.RawMessage("[]")
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "[") {
+		return json.RawMessage(s)
+	}
+	return json.RawMessage("[" + s + "]")
+}
+
+// ErrorActionPreference=Stop so a Get-LocalUser failure is a hard error (matching the dependencies script)
+// rather than a silent short list that reads as "this machine has fewer local accounts".
+const enumerateAccountsScript = `$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; $ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; ` +
+	`Get-LocalUser | Select-Object Name, Enabled, @{Name='SID';Expression={$_.SID.Value}} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress`
+
+// EnumerateLocalAccounts lists the host's local user accounts as a JSON array.
+func EnumerateLocalAccounts(ctx context.Context, creds Credentials) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	client, err := newClient(ctx, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out, err := run(ctx, client, enumerateAccountsScript)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return normalizeJSONArray(out), nil
+}
+
+// enumerateDependenciesScript lists services / scheduled tasks / IIS pools running as a named account. A
+// service/task enumeration failure is a hard error (don't prune a machine we couldn't fully scan); IIS is best-effort.
+const enumerateDependenciesScript = `
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$deps = @()
+
+try {
+  foreach ($s in (Get-CimInstance Win32_Service)) {
+    if (-not $s.StartName) { continue }
+    $deps += [pscustomobject]@{
+      type = 'windows-service'; runAs = $s.StartName; name = $s.Name
+      data = @{ displayName = $s.DisplayName; startMode = $s.StartMode; state = [string]$s.State;
+                processId = $s.ProcessId; pathName = $s.PathName; description = $s.Description; runAsAccount = $s.StartName }
+    }
+  }
+} catch { throw "service enumeration failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" }
+
+try {
+  foreach ($t in (Get-ScheduledTask | Where-Object { ($_.Principal.LogonType -eq 'Password' -or $_.Principal.LogonType -eq 'InteractiveOrPassword') -and $_.Principal.UserId })) {
+    $info = $null
+    try { $info = Get-ScheduledTaskInfo -TaskName $t.TaskName -TaskPath $t.TaskPath } catch {}
+    # Principal.UserId is unqualified (e.g. 'Administrator'), so qualify it via the machine's own LSA: a bare
+    # name is the local account on a member (DOMAIN\user only on a DC), and must not anchor to the domain account.
+    $q = $t.Principal.UserId
+    try { $q = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($q)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value } catch {}
+    $deps += [pscustomobject]@{
+      type = 'scheduled-task'; runAs = $q; name = ($t.TaskPath + $t.TaskName)
+      data = @{ taskPath = $t.TaskPath; taskName = $t.TaskName; logonType = [string]$t.Principal.LogonType;
+                runLevel = [string]$t.Principal.RunLevel; state = [string]$t.State; runAsAccount = $q;
+                lastRunTime = if ($info) { [string]$info.LastRunTime } else { $null };
+                nextRunTime = if ($info) { [string]$info.NextRunTime } else { $null };
+                lastTaskResult = if ($info) { $info.LastTaskResult } else { $null } }
+    }
+  }
+} catch { throw "scheduled task enumeration failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" }
+
+if (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name WebAdministration) {
+  # Module present means IIS is installed, so enumerate it; an error here now propagates (hard fail) instead of
+  # being swallowed, which would leave a "scanned" machine missing its app-pool deps and prune real rows.
+  Import-Module WebAdministration
+  foreach ($p in (Get-ChildItem 'IIS:\AppPools')) {
+    if ($p.processModel.identityType -ne 'SpecificUser') { continue }
+    if (-not $p.processModel.userName) { continue }
+    $deps += [pscustomobject]@{
+      type = 'iis-app-pool'; runAs = $p.processModel.userName; name = $p.Name
+      data = @{ identityType = [string]$p.processModel.identityType; managedRuntimeVersion = [string]$p.managedRuntimeVersion;
+                managedPipelineMode = [string]$p.managedPipelineMode; autoStart = [bool]$p.autoStart;
+                state = [string]$p.state; runAsAccount = $p.processModel.userName }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+$deps | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 -Compress
+`
+
+// EnumerateDependencies lists services / scheduled tasks / IIS app pools that run as a named account.
+func EnumerateDependencies(ctx context.Context, creds Credentials) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	client, err := newClient(ctx, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out, err := run(ctx, client, enumerateDependenciesScript)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return normalizeJSONArray(out), nil
+}
+
+// RotateCredential resets the password of a local or domain account. The connecting credentials
+// (an administrator/rotation identity) must be authorized to change the target account's password.
+func RotateCredential(ctx context.Context, creds Credentials, kind, username, newPassword string) error {
+	client, err := newClient(ctx, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	u := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(username)
+	p := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(newPassword)
+
+	var script string
+	switch kind {
+	case "local":
+		script = fmt.Sprintf(
+			`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; Set-LocalUser -Name '%s' -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString '%s' -AsPlainText -Force)`,
+			u, p,
+		)
+	case "domain":
+		script = fmt.Sprintf(
+			`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; Import-Module ActiveDirectory; `+
+				`Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity '%s' -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString '%s' -AsPlainText -Force)`,
+			u, p,
+		)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported credential kind %q", kind)
+	}
+	// The password is only ever a ConvertTo-SecureString value (never printed), so run() is safe and surfaces
+	// the real host error; the control plane redacts secrets from it before storing.
+	_, err = run(ctx, client, script)
+	return err
+}
+
+// ValidateLocalCredential checks a local account's password via the admin's PrincipalContext.ValidateCredentials,
+// so rotation can verify it without logging in as the account (which a plain local account can't do over WinRM).
+func ValidateLocalCredential(ctx context.Context, creds Credentials, username, password string) (bool, error) {
+	client, err := newClient(ctx, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	u := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(username)
+	p := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(password)
+	script := fmt.Sprintf(
+		`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement; `+
+			`$ctx = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext('Machine'); `+
+			`if ($ctx.ValidateCredentials('%s','%s')) { 'VALID' } else { 'INVALID' }`,
+		u, p,
+	)
+	out, err := run(ctx, client, script)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(out) == "VALID", nil
+}
+
+// SyncDependency writes a new password into a service / scheduled task / IIS app pool that runs as the
+// account, then restarts it so it re-authenticates. For scheduled tasks, name is the full task path.
+func SyncDependency(ctx context.Context, creds Credentials, depType, name, runAsUsername, newPassword string) error {
+	client, err := newClient(ctx, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	n := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(name)
+	u := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(runAsUsername)
+	p := escapePowerShellSingleQuotes(newPassword)
+
+	var script string
+	switch depType {
+	case "windows-service":
+		// CIM Change(), not sc.exe: PS 5.1 mangles a password containing " as a native-exe arg. Restart only
+		// a service that was already running.
+		script = fmt.Sprintf(
+			`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; `+
+				`$svc = Get-CimInstance Win32_Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq '%s' }; `+
+				`if (-not $svc) { throw 'service not found' }; `+
+				`$wasRunning = $svc.State -eq 'Running'; `+
+				`$r = Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $svc -MethodName Change -Arguments @{ StartName = '%s'; StartPassword = '%s' }; `+
+				`if ($r.ReturnValue -ne 0) { throw "service credential update failed (return $($r.ReturnValue))" }; `+
+				`if ($wasRunning) { Restart-Service -Name '%s' -Force }`,
+			n, u, p, n,
+		)
+	case "scheduled-task":
+		// Set-ScheduledTask keeps the password in PowerShell, avoiding schtasks.exe's native-arg re-quoting.
+		script = fmt.Sprintf(
+			`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; `+
+				`$t = Get-ScheduledTask | Where-Object { ($_.TaskPath + $_.TaskName) -eq '%s' }; `+
+				`if (-not $t) { throw 'scheduled task not found' }; `+
+				`Set-ScheduledTask -TaskName $t.TaskName -TaskPath $t.TaskPath -User '%s' -Password '%s' | Out-Null`,
+			n, u, p,
+		)
+	case "iis-app-pool":
+		// -LiteralPath matches a wildcard-containing pool name literally, not as a pattern. Write only the
+		// password (the run-as identity is unchanged in a rotation, so one write can't half-commit).
+		script = fmt.Sprintf(
+			`$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; Import-Module WebAdministration; `+
+				`Set-ItemProperty -LiteralPath 'IIS:\AppPools\%s' -Name processModel.password -Value '%s'; `+
+				`if ((Get-WebAppPoolState -Name '%s').Value -eq 'Started') { Restart-WebAppPool -Name '%s' }`,
+			n, p, n, n,
+		)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported dependency type %q", depType)
+	}
+	// The scripts pass the password only as PowerShell string/method values (never printed), so run() is safe
+	// and surfaces the real host error; the control plane redacts secrets from it before storing.
+	_, err = run(ctx, client, script)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/winrm.go b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/winrm.go
index 1005daae..a91eb65c 100644
--- a/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/winrm.go
+++ b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm/winrm.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -270,11 +272,45 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, client *winrm.Client, script string) (string, erro
 		if msg == "" {
 			msg = strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String())
 		}
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("command failed (exit %d): %s", code, truncate(msg, 500))
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("command failed (exit %d): %s", code, truncate(cleanPowerShellError(msg), 500))
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String()), nil
 }
 
+var (
+	clixmlErrSegment = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)<S[^>]*>(.*?)</S>`)
+	clixmlHexEscape  = regexp.MustCompile(`_x([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})_`)
+)
+
+// cleanPowerShellError decodes PowerShell's CLIXML error envelope to plain text (unescapes the segments, drops
+// the positional "At line" trailer). Non-CLIXML output is returned untouched.
+func cleanPowerShellError(msg string) string {
+	if !strings.Contains(msg, "CLIXML") {
+		return msg
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, m := range clixmlErrSegment.FindAllStringSubmatch(msg, -1) {
+		b.WriteString(m[1])
+	}
+	text := b.String()
+	if text == "" {
+		return msg
+	}
+	text = clixmlHexEscape.ReplaceAllStringFunc(text, func(tok string) string {
+		code, err := strconv.ParseInt(tok[2:6], 16, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return tok
+		}
+		return string(rune(code))
+	})
+	text = strings.NewReplacer("&lt;", "<", "&gt;", ">", "&quot;", `"`, "&apos;", "'", "&amp;", "&").Replace(text)
+	text = strings.Join(strings.Fields(text), " ")
+	if i := strings.Index(text, "At line:"); i > 0 {
+		text = strings.TrimSpace(text[:i])
+	}
+	return text
+}
+
 // runSuppressingOutput runs a script whose text carries file content, returning a generic error on
 // failure that never echoes the remote stdout/stderr (which could contain that content).
 func runSuppressingOutput(ctx context.Context, client *winrm.Client, script string) error {
diff --git a/packages/gateway-v2/winrm_handler.go b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm_handler.go
index 4769362c..cbe24d24 100644
--- a/packages/gateway-v2/winrm_handler.go
+++ b/packages/gateway-v2/winrm_handler.go
@@ -67,6 +67,27 @@ type winrmRemoveParams struct {
 	Paths []string `json:"paths"`
 }
 
+type winrmRotateParams struct {
+	winrmTransportParams
+	Kind        string `json:"kind"` // "local" or "domain"
+	Username    string `json:"targetUsername"`
+	NewPassword string `json:"newPassword"`
+}
+
+type winrmSyncDependencyParams struct {
+	winrmTransportParams
+	Type        string `json:"type"` // windows-service / scheduled-task / iis-app-pool
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	RunAs       string `json:"runAsUsername"`
+	NewPassword string `json:"newPassword"`
+}
+
+type winrmValidateCredentialParams struct {
+	winrmTransportParams
+	TargetUsername string `json:"targetUsername"`
+	Password       string `json:"password"`
+}
+
 type winrmResponse struct {
 	Result json.RawMessage `json:"result"`
 }
@@ -132,6 +153,11 @@ var serveWinrmMux = sync.OnceValue(func() *http.ServeMux {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/test-connection", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmConnectionTest))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/deliver-files", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmDeliverFiles))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/remove-files", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmRemoveFiles))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/enumerate-accounts", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmEnumerateAccounts))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/enumerate-dependencies", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmEnumerateDependencies))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/rotate-credential", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmRotateCredential))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/sync-dependency", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmSyncDependency))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/validate-credential", wrapWinrm(handleWinrmValidateCredential))
 	return mux
 })
 
@@ -266,6 +292,77 @@ func handleWinrmRemoveFiles(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any
 	return map[string]any{"removed": len(p.Paths)}, nil
 }
 
+func handleWinrmEnumerateAccounts(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any, error) {
+	var tp winrmTransportParams
+	if len(env.Params) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Params, &tp); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed enumerate-accounts params")
+		}
+	}
+	accounts, err := winrm.EnumerateLocalAccounts(ctx, credsFromEnv(ctx, env, tp))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"accounts": accounts}, nil
+}
+
+func handleWinrmEnumerateDependencies(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any, error) {
+	var tp winrmTransportParams
+	if len(env.Params) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Params, &tp); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed enumerate-dependencies params")
+		}
+	}
+	dependencies, err := winrm.EnumerateDependencies(ctx, credsFromEnv(ctx, env, tp))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"dependencies": dependencies}, nil
+}
+
+func handleWinrmRotateCredential(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any, error) {
+	var p winrmRotateParams
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Params, &p); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed rotate-credential params")
+	}
+	if p.Username == "" || p.NewPassword == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("targetUsername and newPassword are required")
+	}
+	if err := winrm.RotateCredential(ctx, credsFromEnv(ctx, env, p.winrmTransportParams), p.Kind, p.Username, p.NewPassword); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"ok": true}, nil
+}
+
+func handleWinrmSyncDependency(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any, error) {
+	var p winrmSyncDependencyParams
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Params, &p); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed sync-dependency params")
+	}
+	if p.Type == "" || p.Name == "" || p.RunAs == "" || p.NewPassword == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type, name, runAsUsername and newPassword are required")
+	}
+	if err := winrm.SyncDependency(ctx, credsFromEnv(ctx, env, p.winrmTransportParams), p.Type, p.Name, p.RunAs, p.NewPassword); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"ok": true}, nil
+}
+
+func handleWinrmValidateCredential(ctx context.Context, env *winrmRequestEnvelope) (any, error) {
+	var p winrmValidateCredentialParams
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Params, &p); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed validate-credential params")
+	}
+	if p.TargetUsername == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("targetUsername is required")
+	}
+	valid, err := winrm.ValidateLocalCredential(ctx, credsFromEnv(ctx, env, p.winrmTransportParams), p.TargetUsername, p.Password)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"valid": valid}, nil
+}
+
 func writeWinrmError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, message string) {
 	body, _ := json.Marshal(winrmErrorResponse{Error: winrmErrorBody{Message: message}})
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")