"Connecting to the remote server failed with the following error message" error when you start the Exchange Management Shell or the Exchange Management Console
Symptoms
When you try to start the Microsoft Exchange Management Shell (EMS) or the Microsoft Exchange Management Console (EMC) on a server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server, you receive one of the following error messages:
Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message: The WinRM client received an HTTP status code of 403 from the remote WS-Management service.
Resolution
1. Use Internet Explorer to access the same URL as stated which is
http://yourIISserver/PowerShell. It should give more information on why
the console is having issues accessing it.
2. Once you know why IIS is rejecting the access, check IIS log in C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\
for more detail by looking for the keyword 'PowerShell'
In my case, the issue was because the server was using IPv6 address which is
not in my list of allowed IP addresses.
The above error is IIS related. Basically the console has problems accessing
PowerShell via IIS. While the cause may not be the same for you, the steps
above may shed more light into it.
