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MarkusOE
Brass Contributor
Apr 29, 2025
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HCW fails to detect an Exchange Server

I'd like to acquire a free hybrid license using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard. However to me that seems to require HCW detects the Exchange Server on the second page. However it doesn't detect any ...
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  • MarkusOE's avatar
    MarkusOE
    Apr 30, 2025

    SOLVED.

    I don't understand the root cause. However I could work around the issue by having my admin-account which I use to execute HCW from the protected users group temporarily.
    Thanks to everybody who contributed and thanks to Lenovo for the following support article which reported the same cause in a different context.
    https://support.lenovo.com/nz/de/solutions/ht515867

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AndresGorzelany
MVP
Apr 30, 2025

Can you start the Exchange PowerShell on those servers?

Can you check if remote PowerShell has been restricted/disabled/ any firewall?

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    MarkusOE
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 30, 2025

    Thanks AndresGorzelany . Exchange Management Shell works fine on the servers when I start it from the start menue. However when I start it from the HCW panel after pressing F12, it fails to load with the error message I posted in my inital post.
    I start the HCW directly on MYNEWEXCHANGESERVER01 and there is no firewall since the Windows Firewall is disabled for all networks.

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