Got another problem for you guys.. :P - Powershell/Office365/MS Exchange

satanicguardian · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:45

Ok I return once more with a different problem to pick your brains about!
Aside from my local server issues (backup etc) I am trying to fix some errors with the companies MS Office 365. I am trying to access the exchange servers via the powershell but am getting some problems.

I am trying to follow this process

http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/161/p/16010/73984.aspx

But experiencing these errors

Any idea's?

Xez · 17 Sep 2012 at 18:16

You need to run the following command first:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

then do what that tutorial shows

satanicguardian · 18 Sep 2012 at 14:25

Hi Xez, I tried to run this command first off on both the server and my local workstation and this happened -

satanicguardian · 18 Sep 2012 at 14:34

Ahhh I tried running powershell again as admin and it's accepted it, that was probably the problem

and damn it, the problems continue..

PS C:\Windows\system32> $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook
.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
[ps.outlook.com] Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : Access is denied. For more infor
mation, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [], PSRemotingTransportExc
eption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PSSessionOpenFailed
PS C:\Windows\system32>

Knubje · 18 Sep 2012 at 16:02

That looks like PowerShell security settings are being set on your server which are enforcing execution policy. You won't be able to change it as it is set in the Security part of a GPO.

What does: Get-Executionpolicy

Return to you in the prompt window?

The above error just likes like you weren't able to connect to ps.outlook.com due to authentication? Probably as you are running as administrator?

Try this:

$Cred = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $Cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

This will prompt you for the authentication box (use your admin account on live@edu or office365)

Then try:

Import-PSSession $Session

Failing all of this, you need a server to be excempt from execution policy and set it to "Unrestricted".

satanicguardian · 19 Sep 2012 at 11:36

Thanks Knubje, that seems to have got me online! <3