Exchange 2007/2010 Install notes

To install Exchange 2007/2010 on a Windows 2008 R2 server first install these 4 components:

• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5
• Windows Remote Management 2.0
• Windows PowerShell v2
• ASP.NET AJAX 1.0

Also

• Set static IP addresses on any Network cards
• Open Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features
• Turn Windows Features On or Off
• Add Role Web Server (IIS)

If you go through the exchange 2010 install process at this point you will receive the messages:

Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed.
Unable to access the ‘Default Web Site’ on this computer.

To fix this problem open Windows Powershell and with elevated rights using “Run As Administrator”, and run below cmdlets to install prerequisites…

• 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,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
• Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic

Individually the commands look like this:

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ISAPI-Ext
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Digest-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Dyn-Compression
ServerManagerCmd -i NET-HTTP-Activation
ServerManagerCmd -I RPC-over-HTTP-proxy (If Needed for ‘Outlook Anywhere’…)

Now run the Exchange 2010 setup.exe and it should progress successfully.

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