connecting exchange server EMS from powershell remoting via HTTPS

Question

I'm trying to resolve an issue we are facing.

we are able to communicate to Exchange Server EMS Script from remote machine through winRM HTTP authentication.

$newSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://test.domain.com/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos -Credential $Credentials    
Import-PSSession $newSession

But we have to impose WinRM HTTPS, so I have set everything required for that including certificate creation , winRM settings etc.

And we are able to connect to remote machine where exchange server is available:

Enter-PSSession -ComputerName test.domain.com -Credential $credentials -UseSSL

and this works.

Now when I'm using -UseSSL in New-PSSession/Enter-PSSession for EMS, its not working:

$newSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://test.domain.com/PowerShell/ -Credential $Credentials -UseSSL

Error: New-PSSession : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.

Please note: I need WinRM (powershell) Connectivity through HTTPS: -UseSSL Authentication. Not with Kerberos/Defaut/CredSSP

Answer 1

You need to look at parameter sets in the documentation https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849717.aspx eg when you using URI eg

Parameter Set: Uri New-PSSession [-ConnectionUri] [-AllowRedirection] [-Authentication {Default | Basic | Negotiate | NegotiateWithImplicitCredential | Credssp | Digest | Kerberos} ] [-CertificateThumbprint ] [-ConfigurationName ] [-Credential ] [-EnableNetworkAccess] [-Name ] [-SessionOption ] [-ThrottleLimit ] [ ]

What you should be doing is specify the https prefix instead of using the -useSSL switch which will ensure that connection is over https ("https://test.domain.com/PowerShell/);. The -useSSL is meant to be used when you using the -ComputerName parameter.