Install and Configure Microsoft Exchange 2013 (Part 1)

1.0 Install Prerequisite for Mailbox and Client Access Server Roles

1.1 Install the Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Prerequisites

1.     Open Windows PowerShell with Run as Administrator

2.     Run the following cmdlet to install the Remote Tools Administration Pack

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

3.     Run the following cmdlet to install the required Windows components for the server that install both the Mailbox and Client Access server roles on the same computer and restart the computer after install

Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, 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-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation

  

4.     Install Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 64-bit and Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1) 64-bit update

5.     Install Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit located in D:\Exchange 2013 Pre-Requisite\Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime

2.0 Prepare Active Directory and Domains

Exchange needs to prepare Active Directory so that it can store information about your users' mailboxes and the configuration of Exchange servers in the organization. In fact, the ADprep is part of the installation. However, i prefer to run separately to see the outcome.

2.1            Prepare Active Directory

1.     Open a Windows Command Prompt window and navigate to the Exchange installation files. Run the following command:

Setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:"YourExchangeOrgName" /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

2.2            Prepare Active Directory Domains

1.     Open a Windows Command Prompt window and navigate to the Exchange installation files. Run the following command:

Setup.exe /PrepareAllDomains /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms