Troubleshooting -Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Poweshell connectivity

 Hello All

if you are facing any issues while connecting to exchange server powershell with The WinRM client cannot process the request

There are many reason behind for the above errors, however the primary responsible is to check with the related services called  "Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)"

if the service is not started automatically, we cannot connect exchange server power shell to execute any cmdlets 

Make sure the above service is set to "AUTOMATIC" and STARTED.

Service Name : WinRM

Error :

Welcome to the Exchange Management Shell!

 Full list of cmdlets: Get-Command

Only Exchange cmdlets: Get-ExCommand

Cmdlets that match a specific string: Help *<string>*

Get general help: Help

Get help for a cmdlet: Help <cmdlet name> or <cmdlet name> -?

Exchange team blog: Get-ExBlog

Show full output for a command: <command> | Format-List

 

Show quick reference guide: QuickRef

VERBOSE: Connecting to cmex01.cloudmonkeys.xyz.

New-PSSession : [cmex01.cloudmonkeys.xyz] Connecting to remote server cmex01.cloudmonkeys.xyz failed with the

following error message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. It cannot determine the content type of the

HTTP response from the destination computer. The content type is absent or invalid. For more information, see the

about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.

At line:1 char:1

+ New-PSSession -ConnectionURI "$connectionUri" -ConfigurationName Micr ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In my case. the WINRM service was set to  - AUTOMATIC (Delayed Start)

After i set to AUTOMATIC and Restart the WINRM service, iam able to connect exchange server Powershell without any issue

I hope this would help us for troubleshooting powershell connectivity in exchange servers

Happy Learning all 😃