People,

Can anyone here please assist me with how to successfully load the Exchange Server 2010 Powershell into the PowerGUI IDE ?

Because I got the following error below popping up: 

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Error
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The type initializer for 'Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.DiagnosticTraceLogging' threw an exception.
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OK   
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and this one from the console:

Add-PSSnapin : Cannot load Windows PowerShell snap-in 
Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010 because of the following error: The 
type initializer for 'Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.Globals' threw an exception.
At line:1 char:258
+ ... t -eq 0 } | %{ Add-PSSnapin $_ }
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Excha...owerShell.E2010:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSSnapInException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand

I'm running Windows 8.1 and here is the Powershell table versions:

You need SP 2 for Exchange to use PowerShell V4.  PS V2 is required for earlier versions.

Here is a successful load with SP2 installed:

PS C:\Windows\system32> add-pssnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010
$psversiontable

Name                           Value                                                                                        
----                           -----                                                                                        
PSVersion                      4.0                                                                                          
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                          
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1                                                                                      
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.18444                                                                              
BuildVersion                   6.3.9600.16406                                                                               
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0}                                                                         
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2                                                                                          

Sorry - It should be SP 2 level.

PS C:\Windows\system32>  Get-ExchangeServer  | select name,AdminDisplay*

Name           AdminDisplayVersion                                          
----           -------------------                                          
TEST01          Version 14.2 (Build

Hi JRV,

It is running SP3 now (the Exchange Management Console) that I'm installing and running in my Win 8.1 laptop.

You have to patch the exchange console on 8.1 not just the servers.

Hi Sir,

I would like to check the current state of this issue .

Best Regards,

Elton Ji