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SCCM Converter Engine Task Fails

Symptom:

An SCCM Converter engine task fails with a Could not connect to SCCM site message even though doing a Test connection in the Create New Task dialog reports a success.

Solution:

The test performed when you click on the Test Connection button in the Create New Task dialog is performed on the machine running the GUI and in the context of the user running the GUI. When the actual SCCM Converter task is run it is done on the engine machine and in the context of the user account used by the engine (the local system account by default). This means that a successful test does not guarantee a successful connection when the task is actually run. You can eliminate the potential differences by making sure you include the domain name in the Username field of the configuration (in this format: domainname\username).

If this is not done it will default to the domain of the current user which for a default engine amounts to the local users of the engine machine. If possible the test should also be performed on a machine which has the exact same access to the SCCM installation as the engine machine meant to perform the conversion.