Installing Exchange Server 2019
Hello! I am thinking to start a sequence of Exchange Server posts about some configs to do after the installation. So, this post will cover the basic process of installation. An interesting site to check the Exchange Server builds to always check is: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/new-features/build-numbers-and-release-dates?view=exchserver-2019 Also, check the supportability matrix and prerequisites to make a good instalation and avoid problems: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/plan-and-deploy/supportability-matrix?view=exchserver-2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/plan-and-deploy/prerequisites?view=exchserver-2019 Exchange Server does not support less than Windows Server 2019. Microsoft recommend install the Exchange Server on Windows Server 2019 Server Core, because it provides the most secure platform. Now, you can use until 48 processor cores and up to 256 GB of RAM. The first think you need to do is update the Windows Server Server. After it, download the follow items: .Net Framework 4.7.2 or later https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=863265 Visual C++ 2012 and 2013 https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=30679 https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2002913 Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260990 And after, instal in the same order... .Net Framework....Microosf tVisual C++ 2012
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013
Install Exchange Server 2019 Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Runtime Setup
Now, it's time to execute the following commands in elevated powershell: Desktop Experience: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation, RSAT-ADDS Core Experience: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, RSAT-ADDS For this lab, we have used the features for Desktop Experience
Sucess. Now let's prepare the Organization Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:"UCSteps"
Now is the time to install the Exchange Server 2019. Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /Mode:Install /Roles:Mailbox /on:"UCSteps"
Good. Try to access https://localhost/ecp And then the magic happens
I hope you enjoy it. The next post is about configuring our Exchange Server
