Chapter 3: Installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Because Exchange Server 2003 is a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 application, the installation process is pretty straightforward. However, there are still some issues that need to be addressed in a careful manner. In this chapter, you will learn the necessary steps to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. The main subjects of this chapter are as follows :

• Exchange Server 2003: Standard Edition vs. Enterprise Edition

• Pre-installation considerations

• Installing Exchange Server 2003

• Upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003

• Installing Exchange Server on a cluster

• Post-installation considerations

• Troubleshooting a Microsoft Exchange installation

Exchange Server 2003: Standard Edition vs. Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is available in two editions: a Standard Edition , which is simply called Exchange Server 2003, and an Enterprise Edition . The main difference between them is the advanced features supported in the Enterprise Edition.

Standard Edition Features

The Standard Edition includes the following features:

• Basic messaging functionality

• Microsoft Exchange Web Storage System

• Connectors for Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise

• Distributed (front-end/back-end) configuration of servers

• Support for Volume Shadow Copy

• Usage of the Recovery Storage Group Support for Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) and Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Additional Enterprise Edition Features

The Enterprise edition includes all of the features of the Standard edition and adds the following:

• No limit on database size (the Standard Edition is limited to 16 GB).

• Allows up to five databases per storage group (the Standard Edition allows only for up to two databases per storage group).

• Up to four production storage groups per server (the Standard Edition supports only one per server).

• Active/Active and Active/Passive clustering support.

• The X.400 connector is included.