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Test the Connection to Exchange 2010

This procedure is for the Java CS administrator.

Test the connection between Java CS and Exchange 2010 before you tell the administrators of the other CA products that they can connect to the endpoint. These instructions describe how to test both Basic HTML and Kerberos connections.

Follow these steps:

1. On the CCS computer, open a Windows PowerShell ISE window.
2. Enter the following command to open the User Credentials dialog:

   $UserCredential = Get-Credential
   

3. Enter your credentials. For example, "EXCHANGE2010\Administrator" and password.
4. (HTTP Basic only) Use the following command to tell PowerShell to skip the certificate revocation check, because this check is not needed during testing:

   $so = New-PSSessionOption -skiprevocationcheck
   

5. Create a new remote PowerShell session on the remote Exchange server:
   • With HTTP Basic authentication:

     $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://{Exchange Server Name}/PowerShell/ -Authentication Basic -Credential $UserCredential -SessionOption $so
     

   • With Kerberos authentication:

     $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://{Exchange Server name}/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos -Credential $UserCredential
     

   If you see no error report, the connection was successful and authentication is working.

You can now tell the administrators of the client products that they can acquire the Active Directory endpoint and select an Exchange 2010 mailbox server as the Exchange gateway server.