Erwin Bierens

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Deploy error Skype for Business Cloud Connector - CredSSP

The problem

Last week i ran in to some errors while re-deploying a Cloud Connector, Changed some settings in the INI and while starting the redeploy gave me the following error:

	`Preparation phase started...
	The configuration file for Cms server setup is generated in C:\Users\Administrator\CloudConnector\ApplianceRoot\Instances\2.1.0\ExportedConfig\ServerConfig-Cms.ini.
	Preparation phase finished.
	Deployment phase started...
	Enabling credential delegation for NTLM on host machine.`
	`
	#text : false
	#text : true
	#text : true
	#text : false
	#text : true
	#text : Relaxed`


		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken
		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CloudConnector\Internal\MtSetup.ps1:294 char:13
		+             Invoke-Command -ComputerName $machineIP -Credential $doma ...
		+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken
		Trying to exit current manual maintenance mode.
		Successfully exit manual maintenance mode.
		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CloudConnector\Internal\MtSetup.ps1:294 char:13
		+             Invoke-Command -ComputerName $machineIP -Credential $doma ...
		+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken`

After some diging in to this problem i found some people having same issues with other Microsoft products. Last March Microsoft released the CredSSP update and this prevented connecting to vulnerable systems using older authentication methods.

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