Test-HostConnection fails on Windows Server 2012 R2 with AD connector

A known issue has been identified with Test-HostConnection, affecting threat definitions on Windows Server 2012 R2 systems with the AD connector. The issue does not impact other systems.

Affected threat definitions

• CTD-000084
• CTD-000088
• CTD-000062
• CTD-000098
• CTD-000047
• CTD-000069
• CTD-000163

Symptoms

When editing any threat and executing the following function:

function Get-data{
ForEach-Domain { param($Domain)
# Test-HostConnection -Domain $Domain -HostName "<domainName>" -Port 5985
Test-HostConnection -Domain $Domain -HostName "localhost" -Port 5985
}
}

the following error is returned:

Domain: <domainName>. Action completed with error: The property 'RemoteAddress' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.

Root cause

The Test-HostConnection job is not working as expected on Windows Server 2012 R2 with AD connector . This is due to an issue where the property RemoteAddress is not accessible on the affected system.