Error – ” Federation information could not be received from the external organization”
The Hybrid configuration wizard is failed with the following error: ” Federation information could not be received from the external organization”
Solution:
in my case the wsSecurity was disabled, after enabling the wsSecurity the problem was solved.
Follow this steps:
1. Check if the in the wsSecurity is enabled or disable :
go to Exchange2010 Powershell and type : Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -Server exch2010 | fl *where “exch2010” is your exchange2010 server name check if the WSSecurityAuthentication:$false
2. Enable the WSSecurityAuthentication: In the Exchange2010 Powershell type : Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -Server exch2010 | Set-autodiscoverVirtualDirectory -WSSecurityAuthentication:$true
*where “exch2010” is your exchange2010 server name
Now try to run the wizard again. 🙂
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