Tuesday, February 26, 2008

MS: How to Install Exchange 2007 SP1 Prerequisites on Windows Server 2008

If you are deploying a new Exchange organization, and you are preparing your Active Directory schema and domain(s) by using a computer running Windows Server 2008, you must first install the Active Directory remote management tools on Windows Server 2008 prior to preparing the schema or a domain by using the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS

For more information about preparing the Active Directory schema and domains, see How to Prepare Active Directory and Domains

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Client Access servers

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install the necessary IIS prerequisites by running the following commands in the order in which they are listed:

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

If the server will support Outlook Anywhere clients, install the RPC over HTTP proxy feature by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i RPC-over-HTTP-proxy

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Edge Transport servers

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), which was previously known as Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i ADLDS

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Hub Transport servers

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:


ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Mailbox servers

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install the necessary IIS prerequisites by running the following commands in the order in which they are listed:

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-Windows-Auth

If the Mailbox server will be clustered, you must also install the Failover Clustering feature by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i Failover-Clustering

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Unified Messaging servers

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install the Microsoft Windows Media Player audio/video codecs required by the Unified Messaging server by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i Desktop-Experience

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for a computer that will host the Hub Transport, Client Access, and Mailbox server roles

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install the necessary IIS prerequisites by running the following commands in the order in which they are listed:

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


If the server will support Outlook Anywhere clients, install the RPC over HTTP proxy feature by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i RPC-over-HTTP-proxy

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for the Exchange management tools

Open a Command Prompt window.
Install Windows PowerShell, which is included in Windows Server 2008 (but not installed by default) by running the following command:

ServerManagerCmd -i PowerShell

Install the necessary IIS prerequisites by running the following commands in the order in which they are listed:

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console

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