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You have
to consider hardware, domain and software compatibility of your
environment before deploying Exchange Server 2010. I
have just installed Exchange Server 2010 in my test environment. below
is the Check lists I prepared before installing Microsoft Exchange
Server 2010.
Hardware Checklists:
A server machine with x64 architecture
Minimum 4GB RAM for a single role. If all the roles are
installed in a same server, minimum 10 GB of RAM is required. The requirement of Main memory will increase
depends on the number of mailboxes configured.
(The above configuration is regarding a production
environment. I have installed Exchange Server 2010 all roles on a VM with 1 GB
RAM!)
1.2 GB hard disk size to contain Exchange Server files.
All the hard disk which is hosting files related to Exchange
Server should be set to NTFS format.
Domain Environment
Checklists:
An Active Directory Domain
A fresh installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or
Enterprise edition (Exchange Server 2010 can also be installed also on Windows
Server 2003 SP2)
Schema Master role must be running on Windows Server 2003
Operating System or later(I am running Widows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller).
Global Catalog Server must be on Windows Server 2003 SP1
or later(My GC is on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition)
Forest and Domain functional levels are recommended to be
Windows Server 2008 or later.
Preparing the environment:
Prepare Schema:
If you are installing a fresh Exchange Server environment, you have to run
prepare schema. Run this command on
Domain controller holding forest functional level:
Setup /PrepareSchema
Prepare Active
Directory: Run the below command on any Domain Controller in the Domain:
Setup /PrepareAD
Prepare Domain:
You have to run this command in each Domain of the forest where you want to
deploy the Exchange Server 2010 services:
Setup /PrepareDomain or Setup /PrepareAllDomains (This can
be used if Exchange is being deployed in all domains of the forest)
Software Checklists:
Below software, roles, role services or features need to be
installed on the server where you are going to deploy Exchange 2010:
Microsoft .Net Frame work 3.5 with SP1
WinRM 2.0
Windows Powershell v2 (available by default on Windows
Server 2008 R2)
2007 Office System Converter Microsoft Filter Pack.
While installing Exchange Server 2010 in GUI mode, it will
list the missing components and you can straight away install all required
components before deploying Exchange 2010.
A full screenshot of installation will be followed in my
next post.
