Unable to load Exchange Server powershell library ?

Hi,

Looks like direct loading of Ex2010 EMS is not supported with 4.0. You may have to establish a remote session to server. Following article has more information on establishing remote session.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297932(v=exchg.141).aspx

Following is the discussion on TechNet regarding this.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/d45f0808-b5fb-469d-8a39-60d1d160c1a0/exchange-2010-pssnapin-exception

ok, so how do I execute the PowerShell that I got it opened in my PowerGUI IDE on my laptop.

If you have a PowerShell Script which loads Exchange 2010 PowerShell Snap-in in between, you will have to modify the script so that it establishes a remote PS Session with an Exchange Server and then proceeds with the remaining commands.

This limitation only applies Exchange 2010 PS Snap-in. Other PowerShell commands and scripts will work as it is.

As said above, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297932(v=exchg.141).aspx describes it well:

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://<FQDN of Exchange 2010 server>/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session

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If you can use your current credentials, that is from inside your domain.
Be aware that you are executing anything remote, so you should make sure to filter as much data as possible pre displaying. Object serialization for Remoting consumes a lot of resources.

OK which resources here that is consumed ?

My laptop or the exchange servers ?
Once the script finished it should then released the memory right.

All of network, server and client...  But yes, resources are released when finished.

Ok, so if I want to use the PowerGUI IDE or the builtin Windows powershell ISE, I need to put the two lines below for every command that I want to execute ?

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://<FQDN of Exchange 2010 server>/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session

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is that correct ?

While the disadvantage of running the command with the first two lines above is that the IDE doesn't do Intellisense or autocomplete.

Correct.

ok, one last question to clarify.

I've got 4x Exchange Server VMs running as follows:

All of the Exchange Servers is on 2010 SP3:

HT/CAS: Windows NLB
PRODHTCAS01-VM
PRODHTCAS02-VM

Mailbox: No DAG just stand alone servers.
PRODMBX01-VM
PRODMBX02-VM

so which Exchange server address should I put into the URI http://<FQDN of Exchange 2010 server>/PowerShell ?
should I use the NLB Cas Array name ?

I assume you'll need to provide the CAS array name.

somehow it is still doesn't work:

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://outlook.domain.com/PowerShell/ -Authentication Kerberos
Import-PSSession $Session

Get-ExchangeDiagnosticInfo

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This is the error:

New-PSSession : [outlook.domain.com] Connecting to remote server outlook.domain.com failed with the following error message : WinRM cannot process the request. The following
error occurred while using Kerberos authentication: The computer outlook.domain.com is unknown to Kerberos. Verify that the computer exists on the network, that the name
provided is spelled correctly, and that the Kerberos configuration for accessing the computer is correct. The most common Kerberos configuration issue is that an SPN with the
format HTTP/outlook.domain.com is not configured for the target. If Kerberos is not required, specify the Negotiate authentication mechanism and resubmit the operation. For
more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.

At C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fdf89f0b-89ed-4ae2-9443-f0532857151e.ps1:2 char:12
+ $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri ht ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotingTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NetworkPathNotFound,PSSessionOpenFailed
Import-PSSession : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Session'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fdf89f0b-89ed-4ae2-9443-f0532857151e.ps1:3 char:18
+ Import-PSSession $Session
+                  ~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Import-PSSession], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportPSSessionCommand

The URL outlook.domain.com is the one that I use in the WNLB on the HT/CAS server and also on the Outlook connection.

outlook.domain.com is member of your domain? If not, you will have to use a different authentication than Kerberos.

Well, it is a virtual name for the Windows NLB cluster Virtual IP. For load balancing.

Does that answer my question?

There is no computer with the name outlook in the domain.com AD console.

Thanks !