Exchange Installation Guide
Exchange Installation Guide
Guide - Part I
Written by Damitha Anuradha
Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:10
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You can download Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Exchange Server 2010
from below Microsoft links with evaluation period.
Server 2008 R2 with SP1 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx
Exchange Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21308
64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise with Service Pack 2.
64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise.
Operating system for Management Tools (on a computer with 64bit processor)
32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise SP1 or later
version.
32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise.
Verify that Domain and Forest function level of Active Directory is at least "Windows Server
2003".
1. Open Active Directory Domains and Trust.
2. Right-Click on the name of your domain and select "Raise Domain Functional Level".
3. Verify that it is "Windows Server 2003". If not, raise it.
3. Open Powershell (Open Powershell window with elevated rights by right-clicking it "Run
as Administrator") and import server module first with "Import-Module
ServerManager" command then install/enable Operating System components as per
below;
Typical installation of Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox role
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,WebBasic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,WebLgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,WebISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTPActivation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy
For a Client Access role
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,WebBasic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,WebLgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,WebISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTPActivation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy
For a Hub Transport role
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,WebBasic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,WebLgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server
For a Mailbox role
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,WebBasic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,WebLgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server
When you double click on setup it will launch the below splash screen. If any prerequisites still need to be installed, it will be dark black otherwise it will show them gray
which means it is installed.
Then, depending on your language requirement select either of the options in "Step 3:
Choose Exchange language option", select "Install only languages from the DVD" if
you want to go with English.
When you click on Step 4, it will start copying the necessary files and the initialization of
setup.
License Agreement screen appears; you will see this message "You may not test software
in a live operating environment unless Microsoft permits you to do so under another
agreement". Yes, Release Candidate is not supported to install in production
environment unless you are member of Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and
agree to conditions.
Select Installation Type which you want to choose and specify the path of Exchange
Server program files and click Next.
Select the Server Roles you want to install in Server Role Selection screen and click
Next.
Type Exchange Organization name in the text box which you want to keep and click
Next.
Select Yes, if you still have Outlook 2003 or Entourage in your organization in Client
Settings screen and click Next.
In the Configure Client Access Server external domain page, enter the domain name to
configure your External Client Access servers. This will configure InternalURL and
ExternalURL for various services of Client Access Server for you by default, isn't this a
great thing!
In the Readiness Checks page, setup will verify the prerequisites for selected
components and if they have completed successfully, click Install to install Exchange
2010. Otherwise you will receive an error and then you need to follow the steps as
mentioned.
In the Completion page you can see the progress of the installation, once all are
completed, click Finish.
In the initial setup pop-up screen, after you click Close, you will be prompted to install
latest critical updates for Exchange Server before exiting.
You will be presented with Exchange Management Console after completion of setup.
You will get a warning that the running server in your organization running Exchange
Server 2010 is currently unlicensed.