Following are the things with me to review the beta version of Exchange 2010.
Hardware
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor (64 bit)
Processor speed 3.0 GHZ
2 GB Ram
High resolution monitor
160 GB Had disk - partition into 4 equal drives
DVD drive
Software
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition evaluation version
2. Exchange 2010 Beta
3. Prerequisites like ASP Net for Ajax 1.0 etc
Important step to perform exchange installation
1. Preparing windows 2008 server installation
2. Preparing the Active Directory
3. Prerequisites to install exchange server
Preparing windows 2008 server
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Install windows 2008 server in usual way
Change the Computer name in Server Manager – ExchangeServer
Assign a Static IP in IP version 4 - 192.168.2.22
Update the computer with the latest updates
Preparing the Active Directory
1. I configured my PC with Active Directory Domain Name as Syztalk.com
2. When configuring AD DS I make the DNS installation
3. Domain functional level has to be windows 2003 native – by default it’s in windows 2003 native
mode for windows server 2008
Preparation commands to prepare the Domain
Setup /preparelegacyexchangepermissions – if you want to have older version of exchanger server
in you organization then run this command
Setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName: “Name of the organization” – this command has to be run in all
the domains in which you have a plan to install exchange server
This will create a new OU called Microsoft Exchange security object under the root of the AD
Setup /PrepareDomain - Run setup /PrepareDomain or setup /pd to prepare the local domain. Note
that you do not need to run this in the domain where you ran Setup /PrepareAD . Running setup
/PrepareAD prepares the local domain.
You have a new global group in the Microsoft Exchange System Objects container called Exchange Install
Domain Servers.
Starting the Exchange Installation
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Start the exchange
On the Start page, ensure that you have completed Steps 1 through 3.
2. On the Start page, click Step 4: Install Microsoft Exchange. Setup copies the setup files locally to
the computer on which you are installing Exchange 2010.
3. In the Exchange 2010 Setup wizard, on the Introduction page, click next.
4. On the Language Files Location page, click Next.
5. On the Language Pack Confirmation page, click Next
6. On the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then
click Next.
7. On the Error Reporting page, choose Yes, and then click Next.
8. On the Installation Type page, click Typical Exchange Server Installation. If you want to change
the path for the Exchange 2010 installation, click Browse, locate the appropriate folder in the
folder tree, and then click OK. Click Next.
9. For my testing purpose, I choose only the Mailbox Role, Client access Role and Hub Transport
Role
10. If this is the first Exchange 2010 server in your organization, and if you don’t RUN the
/prepareAD switch it will ask for the exchange organization Name. In the Exchange
Organization page, type a name for your Exchange organization
11. If this is the first Exchange 2010 server in your organization, on the Client Settings page, click
the option that describes the client computers in your organization that are running Microsoft
Office Outlook. If you click yes automatically it will create a Public Folder for you.
12. On the Customer Experience Improvement page, choose the appropriate selection for your
organization, and then click Next.
13. On the Readiness Checks page, view the status to determine if the organization and server role
prerequisite checks completed successfully. If they have completed successfully, click Install to
install Exchange 2010.
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I installed the pre requisites of Exchange 2010 but I received the following error message.
Unable to read the data from Metabase
Unable to access the default web site
Microsoft filter Pack was not installed – import for Mailbox server role
Solution for the error:
IIS has to be installed Properly – following are the important features that has to be enabled under IIS
services. Initialize the below commands in windows power shell
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ISAPI-Ext
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Digest-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Dyn-Compression
ServerManagerCmd -i NET-HTTP-Activation
ServerManagerCmd -I RPC-over-HTTP-proxy
Microsoft filter pack
It will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft
Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for
the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx,
.vsx, and .vtx.
15. On the Completion page, click Finish.
Show the setup process of Exchange installation
I don’t know how much time it will take to finish the installation with high end servers. But for me it
takes 03.18.09 hrs.
16. Finally I installed the Exchange 2010 beta version for my review of the New features