Error message when you run the Test-ExchangeSearch cmdlet across domains in an Exchange 2007 environment: "The operation could not be performed because of a service"

When you run the Test-ExchangeSearch cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment, the command fails if it runs against a remote server that is located in a different domain. For example, this problem occurs if you run the Test-ExchangeSearch cmdlet in domain A, and the name of the target server is ExServerB in Domain B of the same forest. This is demonstrated in the following command.Additionally, you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs because the Test-ExchangeSearch cmdlet uses the unqualified short name of the server to query the content indexing server.

To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007. For more information about Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007, see the following Exchange Help topic: For more information about how to install the latest Exchange service pack or update rollup, see the following Exchange Help topic:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about the Exchange Management Shell and about cmdlets, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about the naming schema for Exchange Server software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: