Recipe17.6.Installing Exchange Management Tools

Recipe 17.6. Installing Exchange Management Tools

Problem

You want to install Exchange Management tools onto a workstation or server that isn't running Exchange.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Install and configure prerequisite services. See the Discussion section for the list of these services.

2. Go to the Windows Update site and install any critical security patches.

3. Load the Exchange Server CD into your CD-ROM drive.

4. On the Start menu, click Run, type <driveletter>:\setup\i386\setup.exe, and click OK. <driveletter> is your CD-ROM's drive letter. This path may vary for certain versions of Exchange Server, such as MSDN or Select versions.

5. On the Welcome screen, click Next.

6. On the License Agreement screen read through the agreement and if you agree, click I agree and click Next.

7. If the Product Identification screen is presented, enter your Exchange Server product key and click Next.

   

   This screen may not appear for certain versions of Exchange Server such as the MSDN or Select versions.

   
   

8. On the Component Selection screen, select Custom in the top row of the Action column. Select the Install next to Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools. Verify that the installation path is correct for your installation and click Next.

9. Review the Installation Summary screen and click Next.

10. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard screen, click Finish.

11. Download and install the latest Exchange 2003 Service Pack. As of the time of this writing, that is Service Pack 1. See Recipe 17.4 for more information.

Using a command-line interface

Any Exchange Management Tool installations can be handled through the command line with the unattended installation process. You will need to generate and use the appropriate unattended installation INI file. See Recipe 17.5 for more on creating an INI file.

Once you have an unattended file, use the following command to install it.

> <driveletter>:\setup\i386\setup.exe /unattendfile <unattendfile>

Note that if there is an error during the installation process, it will be recorded in the Exchange Server setup log, which by default will be located in the root of the system drive, generally c:\.

Discussion

Exchange Server has several software prerequisites for the Exchange Management Tools software, without which they will refuse to install. You must have the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack (adminpak.msi) installed on Windows XP SP1+, Windows 2000 SP3+, or Windows Server 2003 along with the following services:

• Internet Information Services (IIS)

• World Wide Web Publishing (WWW) Service

• Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) Service

See Chapter 12 for more details on installation of these prerequisites.

Finally, Microsoft recommends against installing Exchange tools on a machine that runs Outlook. I've not had an issue with loading the Exchange tools on a workstation that had Outlook, but it is a point that I must mention. See MS KB 266418 for more details.

Using a command-line interface

If you have only one or two machines you want to install the tools on, automating the Exchange Server Management Tools installation will probably not be any value to you. However, if you have several machines you need to load the tools on, using the unattended installation feature can lead to time savings, efficiency, and consistency.

See Also

Recipe 17.5, MS KB 822593 (Description of the /ChooseDC Switch in Exchange Server 2003), MS KB 822893 (Setup Options for Exchange Server 2003), and MS KB 266418 (Microsoft does not recommend installing Exchange Server and Outlook on the same computer)