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Was this a fresh install or was it installed into an existing domain? If the domain already existed, did it have any exchange servers?
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Was this a fresh install or was it installed into an existing domain? If the domain already existed, did it have any exchange servers?

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The SBS 2011 VM is a fresh install, FQDN is uniqueservername.domainnam<wbr />e.local. &nbsp;This is not yet a production server but will be. &nbsp;The existing network has an old W2K DC server, FQDN is uniqueservername.(same)dom<wbr />ainname.ca<wbr />. &nbsp;Exchange has never been extant on this network. &nbsp;All clients use POP3 mail via local ISP. &nbsp;Single NIC on SBS 2011 beast.
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The SBS 2011 VM is a fresh install, FQDN is uniqueservername.domainname.local.  This is not yet a production server but will be.  The existing network has an old W2K DC server, FQDN is uniqueservername.(same)domainname.ca.  Exchange has never been extant on this network.  All clients use POP3 mail via local ISP.  Single NIC on SBS 2011 beast.

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Did you give the VM a NIC for the install? Has that NIC or virtual network been changed? This is an AD issue at first glance, and it is tough to cause this level of instability on a clean install.
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Did you give the VM a NIC for the install? Has that NIC or virtual network been changed? This is an AD issue at first glance, and it is tough to cause this level of instability on a clean install.

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The VM has it's own NIC (single) and I am able to connect to the SBS VM via RDP without issue.
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The VM has it's own NIC (single) and I am able to connect to the SBS VM via RDP without issue.

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I am in the process of setting up an SBS 2011 server. I have done the install into a VM hosted on Core Server. &nbsp;Opening the Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell returns errors per attached screenshots. &nbsp;Nothing in the event logs that I can see.<br />
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Any ideas? <a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/05_w19/456363/SBS-2011-Exchange1.jpg" target="_blank" title="sbs 2011 Exchange Management Console intitalization failed (133 KB)"><img alt="sbs 2011 Exchange Management Console intitalization failed" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 794px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/05_w19/456363/SBS-2011-Exchange1.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/05_w19/456364/SBS2011-Exchange2.jpg" target="_blank" title="sbs 2011 Console error  (99 KB)"><img alt="sbs 2011 Console error " class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/05_w19/800_456364/SBS2011-Exchange2.jpg" /></a>
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sbs 2011 Exchange Management Console intitalization failed

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I am in the process of setting up an SBS 2011 server. I have done the install into a VM hosted on Core Server.  Opening the Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell returns errors per attached screenshots.  Nothing in the event logs that I can see.

Any ideas?  

SBS 2011 - can't install Exchange

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.