Deploying Exchange 2010

Step by Step Installation of Exchange 2010

Microsoft has released Exchange 2010 beta for testing. It has some cool new features which I would suggest to test out before deploying in the production. Exchange 2010 beta can be downloaded from Microsoft Site. Let’s have a quick look at the pre-requisites for deploying Exchange 2010

Operating System Requirements
Exchange 2010 being 64 bit is only support on Windows Server 2008 64 bit operating system. I would suggest using Windows 2008 R2 operating System which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Site. The Management Tools can be installed on the 64-bit editions of Windows Vista® SP1 or later, or Windows Server 2008 64 bit.

Additional requirements to run Exchange Server 2010 Beta
• Memory - Minimum of 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM per server plus 5 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended for each mailbox
• Disk space
o At least 1.2 GB on the drive used for installation
o An additional 500 MB of available disk space for each Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install
o 200 MB of available disk space on the system drive
• Drive - DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible
• File format - Disk partitions formatted as NTFS file systems
• Monitor – Screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels or higher

Exchange Server 2010 Beta Prerequisites
If these required prerequisites are not already installed, the Exchange Server 2010 Beta setup process will prompt and provide links to the installation locations.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• Windows PowerShell v2
• Windows Remote Management

Actual requirements will vary based on system configuration and specific features installed. For more detailed system requirements, please refer to the Exchange Server 2010 Technical Documentation Library.


Installing Exchange Server 2010 Beta

Once the system is ready for Exchange 2010, run setup from the Exchange 2010 CD or DVD or from the downloaded location.

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On the Welcome page click on “Step 4: Install Microsoft Exchange”. Click on “next” on the next screen.

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Next you will be prompted for choosing the language files. You will need to provide the location of the Language file if you want to select language other than English otherwise you may select on “Continue Setup without Language files” and click “next”.

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Click on “Next” for Language Confirmation



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Select “I accept” on the License Agreement page and click on “Next” for Language Confirmation


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On the Error reporting page you may choose to provide feedback to Microsoft about the errors or issues being generated on your Exchange Server. Microsoft collects this information to further improve their products. Since I am doing in the LAB environment, I am selecting “No” here.


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This page is similar to Exchange 2007 Setup. There are some improvements in Exchange 2010 which will help you in designing your Exchange 2010 Infrastructure.

Earlier versions of Exchange required Windows Clustering for High Availability. Exchange 2010 no longer requires windows based clustering. Exchange 2010 comes with a new feature named as DAG (Database accessibility Group” for high availability. DAG is the successor of CCR’s and SCR’s log shipping technology used in Exchange and can provide 16 copies of the database across multiple servers. You may refer to the link if you are interested in knowing about the new features on Exchange 2010.

Now we don’t need HUB and CAS role deployed separately to the Mailbox role in High Availability design.


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The Exchange 2010 Beta edition is not supported to be installed along with earlier versions of Exchange. You will be required to install Exchange 2010 in a New Exchange Organization.


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Outlook clients 2003 and earlier and Entourage requires Public folders to access information such as Free Busy wheras Outlook 2007 accesses this information using CAS Server. If you clients older than Outlook 2003 or Entourage than select on “Yes” for Exchange 2010 to create Public folder store for them. Otherwise you may select on “No”


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Here you can select the type of industry that best suits your Organization. Click on “Next” to perform prerequisite checks


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On this screen it display about any missing pre-requisites, if any. It will provide the link to perform corrective actions.

After getting success on all the pre-requisites you can click on the “Install” to start the installation.

Once the installation is completed click on “Finish” to finalize the installation.


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Happy Installation ;)