Using PowerShell to add the necessary vWorkspace Firewall Exceptions on a Hyper-V Host Virtualization Server

Recently while adding a Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V server as a host virtualization server in a vWorkspace 8.0.1 environment, I received the following error message: Connect to DC service timed out. Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. (997) Retry will occur automatically if necessary. That error message lead me to a Dell support article which stated that I needed to either disable the firewall <which is not going to happen on my watch> or open port 5203....

November 27, 2014 · 1 min · 188 words · Mike F. Robbins