Step by Step installation of Exchange 2013 – Part 1

In this post, we will have a look on how to install Exchange 2013 Preview on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. I separated this post into two parts where the first part will discuss the Preparation of Exchange Server 2013 for installation and the Second part discuss on how to install Exchange Server 2013 Preview

This first part of "Step by Step installation of Exchange 2013" discusses the below topics

Step by Step installation of Exchange 2013 – Part 1

• How to Prepare the Exchange 2013 server with the Prerequisites installation


• How to Prepare the Active Directory Schema for Exchange 2013 installation


• How to Prepare the Active Directory for Exchange 2013 installation


• How to Install Exchange 2013 Server

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Step 1: How to Prepare the Exchange 2013 server with the Prerequisites installation


Active Directory Requirements


Domain Controller, Global Catalog and Schema Master servers has to be running on Windows Server 2003 SP1 or latter

Domain and Forest functional level has to be window 2003 or later

Operating System Requirements


Exchange Server 2013 can be installed on full installation of 64 bit version Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1 or Windows Server 2012

Exchange 2013 Management Tools can be installed on Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 8 64 version

Exchange Server 2013 prerequisites


We are installing Exchange 2013 preview on Windows Server 2008 R2 Preview and below prerequisites are installed before running the Exchange 2013 setup

From Windows PowerShell run the below command

Import-Module ServerManager


And then run the below command to install all the windows features that are needed to install Exchange 2013 Preview

Add-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework, NET-HTTP-Activation, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Web-Server, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI


Once the above features are installed, then download all the below components are install it on the Exchange 2013 Server

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 RC
   


2. Windows Management Framework 3.0
   


3. Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit
   


4. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack 64 bit
   


5. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 64 bit
   


6. Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB974405 (Windows Identity Foundation)
   


7. Knowledge Base article KB2619234 (Enable the Association Cookie/GUID that is used by RPC over HTTP to also be used at the RPC layer in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2)
   


8. Knowledge Base article KB2533623 (Insecure library loading could allow remote code execution)
   

Once the above 8 components has been installed then perform the below steps

Uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64) from Windows AddRemove Programs

• Register ASP.NET with .NET Framework 4.5 in Internet Information Services (IIS) – You can do this by running the below switch from command prompt


• C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework64v4.0.30319aspnet_regiis.exe -ir –enable
  


• And then restart IIS using IISReset


• Join the computer to the Domain

Step by Step installation of Exchange Server 2013


Now we assume the Domain controlled is in place and the Exchange Server 2013 preview server has been prepared with above prerequisites

Step 2: How to Prepare the Active Directory Schema for Exchange 2013 installation


If you are preparing Active Directory from other servers, then prerequisites like .Net framework 4.5 and Windows Management Framework 3.0 has to be installed and before running the Active Directory preparation switch run the below switch from Windows PowerShell

Add-WindowsFeature RSAT -ADDS


Navigate the Exchange 2013 preview installation directory and prepare the Active Directory Schema using the below commands in command prompt.

Note: /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms has to be added while running Setpup.exe commands to prepare the schema



Step 3: How to Prepare the Active Directory for Exchange 2013 Preview installation


If you are preparing Active Directory from other servers, then prerequisites like .Net framework 4.5 and Windows Management Framework 3.0 has to be installed and before running the Active Directory preparation switch run the below switch from Windows PowerShell

Navigate the Exchange 2013 installation Directory and Prepare the Active Directory using the below commands from command prompt.

Note: Exchange Organization name and the /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms has to be specified while preparing the Active Directory



Once the Active Directory preparation is completed, the below default Exchange security groups or the default management roles will be created



Once the Preparation of Schema and Active Directory is completed, if you are having multiple domains than the below switch can be used to prepared the domains PrepareDomain or PrepareAllDomain

So for we completed the below tasks

• We prepared the Domain environment,


• We prepared the Exchange 2013 server with the prerequisites installation and


• Active Directory Schema Preparation and Active Directory Domain Preparation are completed

In the next part of Step by Step installation of Exchange 2013 – Part 2 will discuss on how to install Exchange Server 2013 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1