The connection to the specified remote host was refused. Verify that the WS-Management service is running on the remote host and configured to listen for requests on the correct port and HTTP URL.

Question

When we are trying to connect to virtual directory
$session = new-pssession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://oa.***Domain****.com/powershell" -AllowRedirection -SessionOption $sessionOption -Authentication Kerberos

getting the below error

new-pssession : [oa.domain.com] Connecting to remote server oa.domain.com failed with the following error
message : The connection to the specified remote host was refused. Verify that the WS-Management service is running on
the remote host and configured to listen for requests on the correct port and HTTP URL. For more information, see the
about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At line:1 char:12

• $session = new-pssession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -Conne ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
  gTransportException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConnectWinRMService,PSSessionOpenFailed

Answer 1

HTTP is getting connected successfully, but getting error while connecting through HTTPS

Answer 2

Hi @Sayantan Raha ,

According to the official Microsoft documentation I have found a piece of information that may be of help to you . You may need to use http instead of https in the ConnectionUri value.
( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/connect-to-exchange-servers-using-remote-powershell?view=exchange-ps)

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