Exchange 2010: Test Outlook WebServices error

The CMDlet "Test-OutlookWebServices"
is handy for detecting configuration problems, but unfortunately the CMDlet is a bit bitchy until it runs J

This error normally occurs when executing Test Outlook WebServices on:

Test Outlook WebServices

WARNING: Unexpected error. A Watson image is being generated: The mailbox was not found. Mailbox = 'extest_a8e4e849bf564@mail.frankysweb.local'..

The mailbox was not found. Mailbox = 'extest_a8e4e849bf564@mail.frankysweb.local'.

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-OutlookWebServices], MailboxNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Exchange.Monitoring.MailboxNotFoundException,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.TestOutlookWebServicesTask

To fix this error, there is a script under C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts or the installation directory of Exchange 2010, which is called "new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1"
is called. This script creates the corresponding user and mailbox so that Test-OutlookWebServices works.

In most cases it is sufficient to execute the script, but it can also happen that "new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1" also reports an error that looks something like this:

[PS] C:\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts>.\new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1

Please enter a temporary secure password for creating test users. For security purposes, the password will be changed regularly and automatically by

the system if SCOM is installed. The password must be changed manually if SCOM is not installed.

Enter password: ***************

Create test user on: mail.frankysweb.local

Click CTRL+Break to quit or click Enter to continue..:

CreateTestUser : Mailbox could not be created. Verify that OU ( Users ) exists and that password meets complexity requirements.

At C:\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1:255 char:27

+ $result = CreateTestUser <<<< $exchangeServer $mailboxServer $securePassword $OrganizationalUnit $UMDialPlan $UMExtension $Prompt

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,CreateTestUser

To fix the problem, open "new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1" with a text editor such as Notepad and delete this passage in line 49:

-OrganizationalUnit:$OrganizationalUnit

Test Outlook Web Services should work by now at the latest. The output looks something like this:

2 thoughts on “Exchange 2010: Test-OutlookWebServices Fehler”

  1. Den Fehler hatte ich auch konnte ihn aber beheben indem ich das Fehlende Emailpostfach erstellt habe. Bei dir wäre es dann ’extest_a8e4e849bf564@mail.frankysweb.local’.. :-)

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