Recovery Manager for Active Directory (RMAD) connector fails with "The client cannot connect to the destination specified in the request" (4227943)

Recovery Manager for Active Directory (RMAD) connector fails with the following error:

Connection error: Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The client cannot connect to the destination specified in the request. Verify that the service on the destination is running and is accepting requests. Consult the logs and documentation for the WS-Management service running on the destination, most commonly IIS or WinRM. If the destination is the WinRM service, run the following command on the destination to analyze and configure the WinRM service: "winrm quickconfig". For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.

On the RMAD server, verify the availability of WinRM and configure PowerShell for remoting by following the steps discussed in the following Microsoft article:

Enable and Use Remote Commands in Windows PowerShell

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff700227.aspx 

1. Start Windows PowerShell as an administrator by right-clicking the Windows PowerShell shortcut and selecting Run As Administrator. 

2. The WinRM service is configured for manual startup by default. Change the startup type to Automatic and start the service.

At the PowerShell prompt, verify that the WinRM service is running using the following command: 

get-service winrm
The value of the Status property in the output should be “Running”.

3. To configure Windows PowerShell for remoting, type the following command: 
Enable-PSRemoting –force