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Installing Exchange Server 2003

  • Setup no longer needs full organization permissions
  • Domain users denied local login rights
  • New ChooseDC switch for setup
  • Default permissions are assigned only once at the organization level
  • Warning message appears if Exchange groups are moved, deleted, or renamed
  • Mailboxes access permissions
  • Message size limits and item size for public folder set by default (10mb)
 
Requirements
  • Needs NTFS volume
  • .NET Framework
  • ASP.NET
  • IIS 6.0
  • World Wide Web Publishing Service
  • SMTP
  • NNTP
 
Create service account: svc_exchange
User cannot change password and password never expires
Add to groups: scheme admin, enterprise admin, domain admins
 
DCDiag > NetDiag > ForestPrep > DomainPrep > Exchange Setup
 
setup switches
  • /ChooseDC - FQDN of domain controller
  • /DisasterRecovery - recover after restoring from backup
  • /DomainPrep - run at before setup to save time or not installing on a DC
  • /ForestPrep - run as different user if no permissions, run once in root domain.
  • /? - List of all switches
  • /Password - current user password to autologin after reboot
  • /ShowUI - unattended mode
  • /NoEventLog - disables writing to event viewer
  • /NoErrorLogging
  • /All - enables all components
 
  1. Run D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /forestprep
      2. Forest Prep
  1. Run D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /domainprep
  1. Run D:\setup\i386\setup.exe
      2. Exchange Component Selection
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