Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, method, and computer program product for configuring a computer system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user can create one or more configuration scripts to perform an automated configuration task on a remote managed computer system and transmit the configuration scripts via a simple object access protocol (SOAP) connection. A user of the remote managed computer system can choose to perform actions of the configuration task on an action-by-action basis by executing one or more of the configuration scripts. The creator of the configuration scripts need not have authority (e.g., need not have administrative privileges) to execute the configuration scripts on the managed computer system.