PSRemotingTransportRedirectException Error
I spent way too much time trying to use PowerShell WinRM to connect to Outlook Live this week. Here is my basic connection code:
public void ConnectToOutlookLive()
{
string username = "user@domain.com";
string password = "plaintextpassword";
string uri = "https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/";
string schema = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange";
SecureString securePassword = new SecureString();
foreach (char c in password.ToCharArray())
securePassword.AppendChar(c);
PSCredential psc = new PSCredential(username, securePassword);
WSManConnectionInfo rri = new WSManConnectionInfo(new Uri(uri), schema, psc);
rri.AuthenticationMechanism = AuthenticationMechanism.Basic;
//rri.AuthenticationMechanism = AuthenticationMechanism.Kerberos;
Runspace remoteRunspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(rri);
remoteRunspace.Open(); //Error happens when trying to open the connection
}
When using AuthenticationMechanism.Kerberos I received the following error:
System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportException was caught
Message=Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
Source=System.Management.Automation
WasThrownFromThrowStatement=false
ErrorCode=1326
TransportMessage=Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
When using AuthenticationMechanism.Basic I received a different error:
System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportRedirectException was caught
Message=The WinRM service cannot process the request because the request needs to be sent to a different machine. Use the redirect information to send the request to a new machine.
Exception when opening a Remote Runspace using WSManConnectionInfo – This was the only place on the whole internet I could find someone who was having the same problem… unfortunately the solution did not fix my issue.
Solution
The exception is being thrown because the remote server is redirecting you to a new location. So you have to set the MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount. Just add the following line of code before the open and everything works fine:
rri.MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount = 1;
I hope this saves someone a lot of time and frustration.
