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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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2.3. Preparing a Windows Server 2003 Computer for an Exchange Installation

Problem

You want to install Exchange Server 2003 on a computer running Windows Server 2003. You've already used Windows Update to ensure that the base OS has all current security patches and service packs.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet.

  2. On the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window, click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon.

  3. In the Windows Components page of the Windows Components Wizard, locate Application Server and select it, then click the Details button.

  4. In the Application Server dialog box, ensure that ASP.NET and Internet Information Services (IIS) are checked.

  5. Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click the Details button.

  6. In the Internet Information Services (IIS) dialog box, ensure that SMTP Service, NNTP Service, and World Wide Web Service are all checked, then click OK.

  7. Click OK, and then click Next.

  8. If prompted to do so, supply your Windows Server 2003 CD or some other kind of installation media so Windows can load the new files.

Using a command-line interface

  1. Use your favorite text editor to create a text file containing the following lines. Each line lists an IIS component that's required for Exchange. There are some differences between this list and the component list for IIS 5.0: ASP.NET is new in IIS 6.0, and ASP support for IIS 5.0 is always installed.

    [Components] iis_common = on iis_inetmgr = on aspnet = on ...
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