Service Manager Exchange Connector not connecting to inbox
I had come across an issue where you installed System Center Service Manager, configured the basic settings, then comes the Connectors configuration and you can’t connect your Exchange connector to the Exchange or inbox you want to monitor and process emails into Work Items. I’ve smashed my head a lot against the wall trying to fix this, and surely lots of coffee drinking too.
I even reached Microsoft Support and for days their support team and engineers from India dug into this (so they said) but could not figure it. That was then when I decided to play with Registry keys. The error is as show below and you might face the same on Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
This error seems to appear when your Server is trying to use a weaker security for your .Net version installed and you will need to modify in so your SCSM Exchange connector can communicate with your Exchange Server.
Add this key into your SCSM Server
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\4.0.30319
Add New: DWORD
Value name: SystemDefaultTlsVersions
Value data: 1 (Hexadecimal)
Add the same key into another key hive
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319
Add New: DWORD
Value name: SystemDefaultTlsVersions
Value data: 1 (Hexadecimal)
Now restart your SCSM Server and try to connect your Exchange Connector. This should’ve fixed the issue. Until next time…