I am trying to set up exchange admin to run on a machine other than the exchange server. Am using ver 5.5. I have program loaded on a BDC on the same domain, exchange is also running on a different BDC. I am able to contact the exchange server from my machine with outlook - no prob. BUT when I start exchange admin I get an error window that says "A connection could not be made to the Microsoft exchange server computer. The Microsoft exchange server computer does not respond. Microsoft Exchange Directory ID no: DS_E_COMMUNICTIONS_PROBLEM." I get the same error when I try to connect to the server through user manager for domains. I did a search on the net for Microsoft and the articles were of no help. Any ideas on where to go from here?