2013 Exchange, Can't connect to Exchange Management Shell. It cannot determine the content type of the HTTP response from the destination computer.

Question

The following error occurs.
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VERBOSE: Connecting to mail1.dorothy.local.
New-PSSession : [mail1.dorothy.local] Connecting to remote server mail1.dorothy.local failed with the following error
message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. It cannot determine the content type of the HTTP response from
the destination computer. The content type is absent or invalid. For more information, see the
about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-PSSession -ConnectionURI "$connectionUri" -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Excha ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
   gTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : -2144108297,PSSessionOpenFailed
Exception calling "GetComputerSite" with "0" argument(s): "The Specified directory object cannot be found."
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\bin\ConnectFunctions.ps1:164 char:2
+     $localSite=[System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetC ...
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException
Failed to connect to an Exchange server in the current site.
Enter the server FQDN where you want to connect.: mail1.dorothy.local
VERBOSE: Connecting to mail1.dorothy.local.
New-PSSession : [mail1.dorothy.local] Connecting to remote server mail1.dorothy.local failed with the following error
message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. It cannot determine the content type of the HTTP response from
the destination computer. The content type is absent or invalid. For more information, see the
about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-PSSession -ConnectionURI "$connectionUri" -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Excha ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
   gTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : -2144108297,PSSessionOpenFailed
Randy Cheek

Answer 1

Good Morning,
Log into the server with an account that has appropriate Exchange rights, not a local account.  
Note: By default - Domain Admins don't have Exchange rights.
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