Exchange 2010 Management Console missing

Question

I have installed the Exchange Management Console in Windows 10 Pro for manage a Exchange 2010 server. It connects to the server, even the Exchange Management Shell (Power Shell) connects without problem. But I'm stuck because the console tree shows only Microsoft Exchange -> Microsoft Exchange On-Premises (server.domain.com), but there are not any other nodes (Organization configuration, Server configuration, etc.) I'm using a domain admin account, and also tried run the console 'as administrator' with the same result. Exchange Management Console

Answer 1

The Exchange 2010 Management Tools are only supported on Windows 7 or Vista. You may get lucky and have it work on Windows 10 but there is no support for this setup.

You can install the Exchange 2010 management tools on the following Windows operating systems:

Windows 7

Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Windows Server 2008 SP2

Windows Server 2008 R2

Answer 2

Here is a great workaround to get Exchange 2010 console working on Windows 7, 8 also Windows 10.

1. Install Exchange 2010 SP2 Management Tools (make sure to install all the requirements first).

2. Copy Exchange Management Console.msc from any working computer (commonly it is in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin).

3. Create a few folder on your C: drive (Something like ExchangeConsole) and paste the copied file (Exchange Management Console.msc from any working computer).

4. Rename the Exchange Management Console.msc file to admin.msc (inside C:\ExchangeConsole).

5. Create a .bat file (inside C:\ExchangeConsole).

6. Edit the bat file and write the following:

   @echo off
   set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER
   set COMPLUS_VERSION=v2.0.50727
   admin.msc
   

7. Run the bat file every time you want to open the Exchange Console.