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Thanks for the comments guys! &nbsp;Both solutions were helpful to me.
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Thanks for the comments guys!  Both solutions were helpful to me.

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Hi,<br />
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I have a Server 2008 R2 running Exchange 2010. &nbsp;When I try to run the Exchange Management Console, I get an Initialization failed error: &nbsp;The following error occurred while searching for the on-premises Exchange server: &nbsp;[servername.serverdomain.l<wbr />ocal] Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message: &nbsp;Logon failure: &nbsp;unknown user name or bad password. &nbsp;For more information, see the about_Remote_troubleshooti<wbr />ng Help topic. &nbsp;It was running the commnd 'Discover-ExchangeServer -UseWIA $true -SuppressError $true -CurrentVersion 'Version 14.1 (Build 218.15)&quot;<br />
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Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
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Hi,

I have a Server 2008 R2 running Exchange 2010.  When I try to run the Exchange Management Console, I get an Initialization failed error:  The following error occurred while searching for the on-premises Exchange server:  [servername.serverdomain.local] Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message:  Logon failure:  unknown user name or bad password.  For more information, see the about_Remote_troubleshooting Help topic.  It was running the commnd 'Discover-ExchangeServer -UseWIA $true -SuppressError $true -CurrentVersion 'Version 14.1 (Build 218.15)"

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Exchange Server 2010 Management Console Initialization failed.  How to fix?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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.

Exchange

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