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How to address Federation Trust issues in Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW)

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During my day to day work as a part of support organization, I work with and help troubleshoot Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) failures. One of the more common causes of HCW failures is the Federat...
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bpoindexter , it is usually TLS1.2 not enabled on the server (check these reg keys and run HealthChecker - Microsoft - CSS-Exchange) or network issues for outbound (point 3 in the article). 

 

Transport Layer Security (TLS) best practices with the .NET Framework - .NET Framework | Microsoft Docs

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727]

"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001

"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319]

"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001

"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727]

"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001

"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319]

"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001

"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001