Exchange Server/Installation

Prerequisites

• Prerequisites installed.
  • Refer to Install prerequisites.

• Active Directory and domains are prepared.
  • Refer to Prepare AD and domains.

• The account used for installation must be a membership of Enterprise Admins group and local Administrators group.

• The target server must be a member of an Active Directory domain.

Start the wizard

Mount the installation media, and run Setup.exe as administrator to start the wizard.

• Connect to the Internet and check for updates
  • Searches for updates to the version of Exchange that you're currently installing.
  • It doesn't detect newer Cumulative Updates (CU).

• Don't check for updates right now
  • Skip the update check and proceed to the next step.

Initial the installation

Wait for the wizard to copy the files and initialize the installation.

Introduction

On the Introduction screen, click Next to proceed.

Accept license agreement

Accept the license agreement and decide whether to share diagnostic data with Microsoft

Configure the recommended settings

• Use recommended settings
  • Automatically sends error reports and usage feedback to Microsoft.

• Don't use recommended settings
  • These settings are disabled, you can enable them at any time after installation is complete.

Select server role

• Mailbox role
  • Preferred role for sending and receiving mail.

• Management Tools
  • Install management tools to this server.

• Edge Transport role
  • Edge Transport servers don't process any mail, only transport them.
  • It can be used as a mail relay and smart host service, providing additional security to the mail flow.

• Automatically install Windows Server roles and features that are required to install Exchange
  • Automatically install roles and features required by the Exchange Server if needed.

Select installation path

Specify an installation path, and make sure you have enough disk space.

Specify the organization name

 Note:
If you haven't prepared Active Directory and domains, specify the name for the Exchange organization here.

• Apply Active Directory split permission security model to the Exchange organization
  • Separate the management of Active Directory security principals and the Exchange configuration.
  • If not necessary, do not select this option, which increases the complexity of permission management.

Configure the malware protection settings

Enable malware protection to detect messages for suspicious files and block them from being sent to users.

Run prerequisite checks

The installation wizard runs prerequisite checks, you need to resolve all errors before continuing.

Click Retry to rerun the prerequisite checks.

When no more errors are detected, click Install to begin the installation.

Finish the installation

Wait for the installation to complete.

Click Finish to exit the wizard, and reboot the server.

Verify the installation

Open the Exchange Management Shell, and run the following cmdlet:

Get-ExchangeServer

To return additional details about the server, run the following cmdlet:

Get-ExchangeServer -Identity <Server name> | Format-List

Next step

• Post-installation tasks
  • Perform some operations to make the Exchange Server functionality.