Recipe4.1.Installing ESM on Windows XP

Recipe 4.1. Installing ESM on Windows XP

Problem

You want to manage Exchange from your desktop or laptop computer instead of having to connect directly to the Exchange server.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

Log on to your Windows XP Professional machine using an account that has administrative privileges on the local computer.
From the Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs applet.
Click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon.
In the Windows Components page of the Windows Components Wizard, select Internet Information Services (IIS), then click the Details button.
In the Internet Information Services (IIS) dialog box, ensure that Internet Information Services Snap-In, SMTP Service, and World-Wide Web Service are checked, and click OK.
Click OK and click Next.
If prompted, supply your Windows XP product CD (or some other kind of installation media) so Windows can load the required files.
Click Finish to complete the component installation.
Open the Computer Management snap-in.
Select Services and Applications and select Services.
Stop the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and World Wide Web Publishing services.
Set the startup state for the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and World Wide Web Publishing services to Disabled.
Get the latest version of the Windows Server 2003 administrative tools package from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&displaylang=en
and install it. (A version is on the Exchange CD in i386\adminpak.msi, but the web version has valuable bug fixes.)
Launch the Exchange Server 2003 setup utility from the Exchange product CD or installation point.
Click Next at the initial welcome screen.
Accept the license agreement and click Next.
If prompted for your 25-character product key, fill it in and click Next.
When the Component Selection page appears, use the drop-down menus in the Action column to select the Install action for the Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools. Click Next.
On the Installation Summary page, verify your settings (including the installation path), then click Next.
Wait while the installation proceeds; it usually takes 15-45 minutes.
Click Finish on the final setup page.

Using a command-line interface

Use your favorite text editor to create a text file containing the following lines. Each line lists an IIS component that's required to run ESM on Exchange.
```
[Components] iis_common = on iis_inetmgr = on iis_smtp = on iis_www = on
```
Save the file; the name doesn't matter.
From a command prompt, use the sysocmgr command to tell Windows XP to install the components. Although sysocmgr takes several parameters, the switches we're interested in are /i (which specifies where the system's default component list is) and /u (which tells the utility to use the file you created file to determine what to install). Here's an example:
```
> sysocmgr /i:%systemroot%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\temp\prep-xp-for-esm.txt
```
If you add the /q switch, sysocmgr will suppress its user interface; otherwise, you'll see the standard Windows Component Wizard interface, but you won't necessarily be able to click on anything to affect the installation's progression. Note that you may still be prompted for installation media if Windows can't find the needed files at the install source path specified by the sysoc.inf file.
Complete the ESM installation by following steps 9-21 as described in the graphical solution.

Discussion

Windows XP has the capability to run some of the same core services as Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003; ESM requires that the management snap-ins for the SMTP and WWW publishing services be present. To meet this prerequisite, you have to install those components; however, most administrators won't want to run the SMTP or WWW services themselves, which is why you have to disable them after installation.

If you're using Exchange 2000, you can still install the Exchange Server 2003 ESM on Windows XP. Installing the Exchange 2000 version of ESM on Windows XP machines is possible, but is tedious and unsupported by Microsoft. Instead, you should follow the instructions outlined in the solutions to install ESM 2003. (Remember, you can always use the evaluation version of Exchange Server 2003 to do the ESM install if you haven't purchased the full product yet.)