Installing Exchange 2010 Sp3 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1

Let us learn installing Exchange 2010 Sp3 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1 in a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Environment

Step 1.

Windows Server 2008 R2 is Updated with Latest Patches use the Windows Setups Includes Service Pack 1 . Easier to Patch

Step 2.

Download and Install Latest “Microsoft Filter Pack” (64bit Version)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=17062

Install hotfix Microsoft Knowledge Base article 2550886 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2550886 to improve Windows Failover Cluster transient communication instability when deploying stretched Database Availability Groups across datacenters.

Step 3.

On the Start menu, navigate to All Programs > Accessories > Windows PowerShell. Open an elevated Windows PowerShell console (Right Click – Run as administrator), and run the following command.

Import-Module ServerManager

And Running this command for typical installation where all the roles will be installed HUB , CAS and Mailbox Servers

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

Step 4.

Reboot the Server

Now Prerequisites Installed successfully

Step 5.

Now open Command Prompt “Browse the Command prompt into the setup location”

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Below command will be Executed only if Exchange 2003 Exist in the Environment.

setup /PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions

or

setup /pl

We run this as we prepare the legacy (Exchange 2003) Server permissions,

Running this command won’t harm your environment .

Befor Running this command make sure your Domain Function Level and Forest Functional level in Windows Server 2003 is in native mode and your Exchange 2003 is in native mode,

Otherwise , It won’t allow you to install Exchange 2010

Step 6.

Preparing the Schema

Setup.com /PrepareSchema

Step 7.

Preparing Active Directory

Setup.com /preparead /OrganizationName:"First Organization"

This Switch can be removed if you have an Exchange Server already in your Organization

/OrganizationName:"First Organization"

Or if you want to change the organization name . you can use this switch

Step 8.

Now prepare the domain

Setup.com /Preparedomain

If you have multiple domains run

Setup.com /preparealldomains

Step 9.

Now Start the Setup

Step 10.

Choose Typical to Install HUB,CAS and Mailbox (Recommended by Microsoft – Block based All roles in One Server)

Give a Check mark for Automatically install Windows Server roles

Step 12.

If this is the internet facing server , Give the external domain name

Step 13.

If Exchange 2003 Exists in your Environment , you will get this option to configure mail flow between these Servers

Step 14.

Now Setup will Run for some time

Step 15.

Reboot your Server

Now Apply the latest Rollup Available . As of today Rollup 23 is available for Exchange 2010 SP3

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) and Install

Uncheck in IE Security Settings ( Temporarily only)

• “Check for publisher’s certificate revocation”
• “Check for server certificate revocation”

Re run the setup and install