Chapter 3. Installing Exchange Server 2003

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Preparing for Implementation of Exchange 2003

• Preparing to Install Exchange 2003

• Conducting Preinstallation Checks on Exchange 2003

• Performing an Interactive Installation of Exchange Server 2003

• Performing a Scripted Installation of Exchange Server 2003

• Completing the Installation of Exchange 2003

• Performing Postinstallation Configurations

• Configuring Additional Server Services

• Testing the Exchange 2003 Installation

• Summary

• Best Practices

This chapter explains the basic installation of a new Exchange 2003 server. In this latest version of Exchange, Microsoft has taken a big step in improving the installation process to make it a lot more intuitive than previous versions of Exchange. The tools included on the installation CD walk you through the preinstallation tasks to verify the environment prior to installing the server.

When you execute setup.exe , you are not launched immediately into the installation program. You are taken through a step-by-step checklist of tasks prior to launching the setup executable.

This chapter does not present upgrading or migrating from previous versions of Exchange and other messaging platforms. You read about migrations in Chapters 14, "Migrating from NT4 to Windows Server 2003"; 15, "Migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003"; and 16, "Migrating from Exchange 2000 to Exchange Server 2003."