Test-WebServicesConnectivity
This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange.
Use the Test-WebServicesConnectivity cmdlet to test client connectivity to Exchange Web Services virtual directories.
Note: This cmdlet works best in Exchange 2010. In later versions of Exchange, the functionality of this cmdlet has been replaced by Managed Availability. For the best results, use the Invoke-MonitoringProbe cmdlet and specify the relevant active monitor probe instead of using this cmdlet.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Test-WebServicesConnectivity
[[-ClientAccessServer] <ServerIdParameter>]
[-AllowUnsecureAccess]
[-Confirm]
[-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[-LightMode]
[-MailboxCredential <PSCredential>]
[-MailboxServer <ServerIdParameter>]
[-ResetTestAccountCredentials]
[-Timeout <UInt32>]
[-TrustAnySSLCertificate]
[-UseAutodiscoverForClientAccessServer]
[-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>] Test-WebServicesConnectivity
[[-Identity] <MailboxIdParameter>]
-AutoDiscoverServer <ClientAccessServerIdParameter>
[-Confirm]
[-LightMode]
[-MailboxCredential <PSCredential>]
[-TrustAnySSLCertificate]
[-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>] Test-WebServicesConnectivity
[[-Identity] <MailboxIdParameter>]
[-MonitoringContext]
[-Confirm]
[-LightMode]
[-MailboxCredential <PSCredential>]
[-TrustAnySSLCertificate]
[-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>] Test-WebServicesConnectivity
[[-Identity] <MailboxIdParameter>]
[-ClientAccessServer <ClientAccessServerIdParameter>]
[-Confirm]
[-LightMode]
[-MailboxCredential <PSCredential>]
[-TrustAnySSLCertificate]
[-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Test-WebServicesConnectivity cmdlet tests Exchange Web Services connectivity by connecting to a specified Exchange Web Services virtual directory, to any Exchange Web Services virtual directories on a specified Exchange server, or to any Exchange Web Services virtual directories that are available in the local Active Directory site.
The first time you use this cmdlet, you might be required to create a test user. To create a test user, run the following command:
& $env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\New-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1
The test results are displayed on-screen. The cmdlet returns the following information.
- Source: Source server.
- ServiceEndpoint: Destination server.
- Scenario: The operations that are tested. Values are Autodiscover: SOAP Provider and EWS: GetFolder (full mode) or EWS: ConvertID (light mode).
- Result: The values returned are typically Success or *FAILURE*.
- Latency(MS): The time required to complete the test in milliseconds
You can write the results to a file by piping the output to ConvertTo-Html and Set-Content. For example: Test-WebServicesConnectivity -ClientAccessServer MBX01 | ConvertTo-Html | Set-Content -Path "C:\My Documents\EWS Test.html".
You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.
Examples
Example 1
Test-WebServicesConnectivity -AllowUnsecureAccessIn Exchange 2010, this example tests Exchange Web Services on the local Client Access server and allows the test to use an unsecured connection that doesn't require SSL. A default test account is used.
Example 2
Test-WebServicesConnectivity -ClientAccessServer MBX01This example tests the client connection to Exchange Web Services on the server named MBX01.
Parameters
-AllowUnsecureAccess
This parameter is available only in Exchange Server 2010.
The AllowUnsecureAccess switch specifies whether to enable the command to continue to run over an unsecured channel that doesn't require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-AutoDiscoverServer
The AutoDiscoverServer parameter specifies the server with the Client Access server role installed that's used for Autodiscover.
You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. For example:
- Name (for example, Exchange01)
- Distinguished name (DN) (for example, CN=Exchange01,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com)
- Exchange Legacy DN (for example, /o=First Organization/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=Exchange01)
- GUID (for example, bc014a0d-1509-4ecc-b569-f077eec54942)
You can't use this parameter with the ClientAccessServer parameter.
| Type: | ClientAccessServerIdParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-ClientAccessServer
The ClientAccessServer parameter specifies the Exchange server to test. This server has the Client Access server role installed, and is responsible for accepting client connections.
You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. For example:
- Name
- Distinguished name (DN)
- ExchangeLegacyDN
- GUID
You can't use this parameter with the AutoDiscoverServer parameter.
| Type: | ServerIdParameter |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-Confirm
The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
- Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax:
-Confirm:$false. - Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-DomainController
This parameter is available only in Exchange Server 2010.
The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.
| Type: | Fqdn |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-Identity
The Identity parameter specifies the mailbox to use for the test. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:
- Name
- Alias
- Distinguished name (DN)
- Canonical DN
- Domain\Username
- Email address
- GUID
- LegacyExchangeDN
- SamAccountName
- User ID or user principal name (UPN)
When you use this parameter, you also need to use the MailboxCredential parameter.
| Type: | MailboxIdParameter |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-LightMode
The LightMode switch tells the command to perform only a subset of the tests. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
When you use this switch, the EWS: ConvertId test is run instead of the EWS: GetFolder test.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-MailboxCredential
The MailboxCredential parameter specifies the mailbox credential to use for a single mailbox test.
A value for this parameter requires the Get-Credential cmdlet. To pause this command and receive a prompt for credentials, use the value (Get-Credential). Or, before you run this command, store the credentials in a variable (for example, $cred = Get-Credential) and then use the variable name ($cred) for this parameter. For more information, see Get-Credential.
This parameter is required when you use the Identity parameter.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-MailboxServer
The MailboxServer parameter specifies the identity of the Exchange Mailbox server on which the test is run.
| Type: | ServerIdParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-MonitoringContext
The MonitoringContext switch includes the associated monitoring events and performance counters in the results. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
Typically, you include the monitoring events and performance counters in the results when the output is passed to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-ResetTestAccountCredentials
The ResetTestAccountCredentials switch resets the password for the test account that's used to run this command. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
The password for the test account is typically reset every seven days. Use this switch to force a password reset any time it's required for security reasons.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-Timeout
The Timeout parameter specifies the amount of time, in seconds, to wait for the test operation to finish. The default value for the Timeout parameter is 300 seconds. You must specify a time-out value greater than 0 seconds. We recommend that you always configure this parameter with a value of 5 seconds or more.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-TrustAnySSLCertificate
The TrustAnySSLCertificate switch allows Exchange to accept certificates from untrusted certification authorities (CAs). You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
This switch is useful for testing internal URLs, because a URL that has an associated certificate is typically an external URL. This switch lets the task check an internal URL without generating an error when the certificate doesn't match the URL.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
-UseAutodiscoverForClientAccessServer
This parameter is available only in Exchange Server 2010.
The UseAutodiscoverForClientAccessServer switch specifies whether the test should use the Autodiscover service to locate the Client Access server. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010 |
-WhatIf
The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 |
Inputs
Input types
To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.
Outputs
Output types
To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.