Windows Server 2022: Channel error 36871

Schannel error messages are common and can have many different causes. Here is a rather specific error message that occurred on a Windows Server 2022 after the operating system underwent standard hardening. After disabling outdated cipher suites and SSL / TLS protocols, the following error message appeared very frequently in the system event log: Source: Schannel ... Read more

Exchange: Channel 36888 / 36871 error after renewing the BackEnd certificate

After renewing the Exchange backend certificate, frequent channel error messages may appear in the event log if the POP3 service of the Exchange server is used. The following two error messages may appear after the certificate has been changed: Source: Schannel Event ID: 36871 Level: Error Fatal error while creating the client credentials for TLS. The internal error status ... Read more