Restarted IIS then the server and can't open up the exchange web admin or owa

I am assuming this is Exchange 2013?  Have you checked the Event Logs to see if there are any events that can point you to the culprit?

-saige-

Inbound authentication failed with error LogonDenied for Receive connector Client Frontend BHA02. The authentication mechanism is Login. The source IP address of the client who tried to authenticate to Microsoft Exchange is [127.0.0.1].


An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:443.  The error status code is contained within the returned data.

Performance counter updating error. Counter name is Process ID, category name is MSExchangeRemotePowershell. Optional code: 2. Exception: The exception thrown is : System.InvalidOperationException: The requested Performance Counter is not a custom counter, it has to be initialized as ReadOnly.
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.InitializeImpl()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.get_RawValue()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.ExPerformanceCounter.get_RawValue()
Last worker process info : System.ArgumentException: Process with an Id of 9236 is not running.
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById(Int32 processId)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.ExPerformanceCounter.GetLastWorkerProcessInfo()
Processes running while Performance counter failed to update:
984 svchost
6296 Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Service
2044 rundll32
580 lsass
380 svchost
11476 InetMgr
572 services
3132 conhost
12784 w3wp
9856 iexplore
10220 igfxtray
2140 sftracing
5880 EdgeTransport
4896 LogMeIn
1152 spoolsv
3120 MSExchangeHMWorker
8136 svchost
6072 MSExchangeDelivery
6840 Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Worker
11776 LogMeInRC
3304 scanningprocess
6848 MSExchangeMailboxReplication
11812 iexplore
1328 svchost
6168 MSExchangeFrontendTransport
4672 TmListen
5656 UMWorkerProcess
7024 svchost
7820 msdtc
1800 hkcmd
528 winlogon
920 svchost
1116 mqsvc
7812 TmProxy
3280 MSExchangeSubmission
2884 noderunner
10972 pccntupd
9776 WmiPrvSE
3668 MSExchangeThrottling
3076 Microsoft.Exchange.RpcClientAccess.Service
5916 CNTAoSMgr
10836 igfxsrvc
3064 msexchangerepl
1744 Ntrtscan
1288 hostcontrollerservice
4636 MSExchangeTransport
300 smss
5224 iexplore
5420 Microsoft.Exchange.Search.Service
13124 inetinfo
11112 w3wp
5020 Microsoft.Exchange.UM.CallRouter
5556 w3wp
684 svchost
2456 noderunner
484 wininit
876 svchost
5996 MSExchangeDagMgmt
5516 Microsoft.Exchange.AntispamUpdateSvc
476 csrss
5596 conhost
1456 ramaint
3228 Microsoft.Exchange.ServiceHost
2252 Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService
10316 w3wp
11056 ServerManager
1644 SMSvcHost
12920 svchost
7572 LogMeInSystray
10760 mmc
652 svchost
9680 taskhostex
2620 WmiPrvSE
5264 SMSvcHost
2224 WMSvc
3204 umservice
4188 scanningprocess
4076 w3wp
3004 noderunner
5760 igfxpers
13044 w3wp
828 svchost
2796 noderunner
9700 w3wp
6140 conhost
2396 MSExchangeMigrationWorkflow
1212 fms
4164 scanningprocess
1380 MSExchangeHMHost
6560 MSExchangeMailboxAssistants
1992 updateservice
1428 LMIGuardianSvc
412 csrss
10852 svchost
10260 explorer
788 dwm
1192 w3wp
4540 Microsoft.Exchange.EdgeSyncSvc
1584 Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.Service
1976 rundll32
10840 PccNTMon
4 System
1776 ForefrontActiveDirectoryConnector
1184 svchost
3744 MSExchangeTransportLogSearch
0 Idle
Performance Counters Layout information: FileMappingNotFoundException for category MSExchangeRemotePowershell : Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.FileMappingNotFoundException: Cound not open File mapping for name Global\netfxcustomperfcounters.1.0msexchangeremotepowershell. Error Details: 2
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.FileMapping.OpenFileMapping(String name, Boolean writable)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterMemoryMappedFile.Initialize(String fileMappingName, Boolean writable)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.ExPerformanceCounter.GetAllInstancesLayout(String categoryName)

Ping of mdb 'cc501ddf-f810-46e1-ac63-8015de3e017f' timed out after '00:00:00' minutes.  Last successful ping was at '10/8/2014 3:03:14 PM' UTC.

Got a bunch of errors like this under iis

A process serving application pool 'MSExchangePowerShellAppPool' suffered a fatal communication error with the Windows Process Activation Service. The process id was '21704'. The data field contains the error number.

They do not match. In fact there was no certificate selected for the bindings. I had to select my godaddy certificate from the drop down then select view.

Did you select the certificate for both the 443 and 444 bindings?

Try restarting both IIS and your Exchange Transport service.  See if this resolves your issue.

-saige-

I selected the Godaddy certificate for both and restarted IIS. OWA and Backend pulled up.

Is your issue resolved then?  If so, don't forget to accept the comment that solved the problem for you.

-saige-

Hello Saige,

VERY GOOD POST.
This solved my problem in a minute!!!

Best regards
Walter