WinRM problem on new Exchange 2010 server

November 14, 2009 5 Comments


I recently upgraded to Exchange 2010 on my home network. Everything went well, but when I started the Exchange Management Console for the first time I got this error when trying to open the Server Configuration\Client Access node:
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Microsoft Exchange
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Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WinRM client received an HTTP server error status (500), but the remote service did not include any other information about the cause of the failure. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
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OK  
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After looking at the various settings for WinRM, firewall etc, I noticed that the WinRM IIS Extension was missing from my features list. I added it through Server Manager:

 
I could have used ServerManagerCMD.exe as well, but it has been depricated. The command would be:
servermanagercmd.exe -install WinRM-IIS-Ext
Or the PowerShell Server Manager cmdlets:
Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature WinRM-IIS-Ext
 
After the feature had been installed the error disappeared and Exchange Management Console worked without incident.
 
I had originally followed the steps outlined in this article on TechNet to install the prerequisites for Exchange on Windows Server 2008 R2, but those instructions do not mention the WinRM IIS Extension.

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5 Responses to WinRM problem on new Exchange 2010 server

  1. Romuald says:
    December 16, 2010 at 11:54

    Thank you very much for your post. It was very useful for us …
    Congratulations

    Reply
  2. Lance Purcell says:
    October 21, 2011 at 00:32

    Awesome! Thank you so much!
    I had Exchange 2010 installed on Server 2008 R2 STANDARD. I upgraded to Server 2008 R2 ENTERPRISE . Both the EMC and EMS stopped working. Ran the command for Powershell and everything worked!

    Thanks a million!

    Reply
  3. Tom Ostapiej says:
    February 9, 2012 at 01:21

    Thank You! —– Just stumbled across your post… It fixed my issue.

    Reply
  4. Gert says:
    April 13, 2012 at 11:02

    Thank you! Fixed my issue aswell.

    Reply
  5. acemansoor says:
    October 3, 2013 at 22:03

    Thanx ….. After searching a lot found this post.EMC started as soon as the feature was installed.

    Reply

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