Installing Exchange Server 2010

How to install exchange server 2010 on Windows 2008 R2 Server.

Our scenario:

Steps for Domain Controller:

• Make sure that DNS and Active Directory functions properly
• Insert Exchange Server 2010 DVD and open Command Prompt
• Prepare Active Directory   e:\Setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName: ibestbuy
• Prepare Domains  e:\Setup /PrepareDomain 

Okay, Let me explain you what that those two commands do.

1. PrepareAD - switch will update your Active Directory Schema  for exchangeserver

    and you must run those two commands with Administrative privileged ( Enterprise admin & Schema Admin)

2. PrepareDomain or PrepareAllDomains or PAD - switch will prepare your domain for exchange server

okay, lets go to exserver.ibestbuy.in server.

Steps for installing Exchange Server 2010 on exserver

Prerequisites:

First, go and download Install Microsoft Office Filter pack 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062

You need to install dotnetFramework 3.5 and Remote Admin tools for Windows 2008 R2.
 no worry, we can accomplish theses two in single command let on PowerShell.
Open Power Shell with Administrative rights ( I prefer the same user which you choose to prepare Domain Controller)
  command lets.

• Import-Module ServerManager
• Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Client-Auth,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Http-Redirect,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Static-Content,Web-WMI,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart

Thats all, after this, your Server will reboot automatically.

Once finished reboot,  Insert Exchange Server 2010 media, start installing... according to your company requirements.

  more to come about exchange server 2010 roles.. keep tuned in..