Exchange Server 2013 Preview Installation

Install the prerequisites for only Mailbox Server Role or combined Mailbox and Client Access server roles

1. Open Windows PowerShell.
2. Run the following command to load the Server Manager module.

Import-Module ServerManager

3. Run the following command to install the required Windows components.

Add-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework, NET-HTTP-Activation, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Web-Server, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net, 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-Ext, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI

You will have to restart the server after installing all the above required windows components.

4.       After you've installed the operating system roles and features, install the following software in the order shown:

a)      Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

b)      Windows Management Framework 3.0

c)       Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit

d)      Knowledge Base article KB974405 (Windows Identity Foundation)

e)      Knowledge Base article KB2619234 (Enable the Association Cookie/GUID that is used by RPC over HTTP to also be used at the RPC layer in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2)

f)       Knowledge Base article KB2533623 (Insecure library loading could allow remote code execution)

5.       For Exchange 2013 Preview, you must also do the following in the order shown:

a.       Uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64)   This task must be done after you've installed UCMA, but before you run Exchange 2013 Preview Setup. To uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64), do the following:

                                            I.            Open Control Panel > Programs and Features.

                                          II.            Select Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.50531 and then click Uninstall.

                                        III.            In Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta setup, click Uninstall.

                                        IV.            When Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta is uninstalled, click Close.

b.      Register ASP.NET with .NET Framework 4.5 in IIS   This task must be done after you've completed the process described earlier in “Uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64)”, but before you run Exchange 2013 Preview Setup. To register ASP.NET with .NET Framework 4.5 in IIS, do the following:

i.         Open a Windows Command Prompt.

2. Run the following command.

%SystemDrive%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe -ir –enable

3. Run the following command to restart the IIS services.

IISReset

6.       After you've installed the software listed above, complete the following steps to install the Remote Tools Administration Pack. After you've installed the Remote Tools Administration Pack you'll be able to use the computer to prepare Active Directory.

a)      Open Windows PowerShell.

b)      On a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 computer, run the following command.

Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

Preparation of Active Directory

Please run the below commands to prepare the Active Directory to introduce Exchange 2013 preview:

1. setup /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

 2. setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:<organization name> /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

 Now run one of the following:

• Run setup /PrepareDomain /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms to prepare the local domain. You don't need to run this in the domain where you ran Step 2. Running setup /PrepareAD prepares the local domain;

• Run setup /PrepareDomain:<FQDN of domain you want to prepare> to prepare a specific domain;

• Run setup /PrepareAllDomains or setup /pad to prepare all domains in your organization.

 

Installation of Exchange 2013 Client Access Server Role using the Setup Wizard

1.       Start Exchange 2013 Preview Setup by double-clicking Setup.exe

2.       On the Check for Updates page, choose whether you want Setup to connect to the Internet and download product and security updates for Exchange 2013 Preview. Click next to continue

On the Copying File page, Setup copies files required for setup. When Setup is finished copying files and is ready to begin, click next;

 

 

The Introduction page begins the process of installing Exchange. Click next to continue;

  

Click on the “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and press Next button

 

It is being installed in test environment therefore we can select the option “NO” and press Next

  

This screen shows the required software is installed. We need to press Next buttion.

Select the Mailbox role and Client Access role and press Next

Select the installation where you want to install exchange binaries and press Next

If you're installing the Mailbox role, on the Malware Protection Settings page, choose whether you want to enable or disable malware scanning. If you disable malware scanning, it can be enabled in the future.Click next to continue;

If you're installing the Client Access server role, on the Configure Client Access Server external domain page, click This Client Access server will be Internet-facing if the Client Access server you're installing will be accessible from the Internet. Then, enter a domain name to use to configure your Client Access servers. If the Client Access server won't be Internet-facing, you can click next without configuring a domain name. Click next to continue;

On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, choose the appropriate option for your organization, and then click next to continue;

On the Readiness Checks page, view the status to determine if the organization and server role prerequisite checks completed successfully. If all readiness checks have completed successfully, click next to install Exchange 2013 Preview;

On the Completion page, click Finish and Restart the computer after Exchange 2013 Preview has completed;

Exchange Administration Center

The Exchange Administration Center (EAC) is the web-based management console in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview that allows for ease of use and is optimized for on-premises, online, or hybrid Exchange deployments. The EAC replaces the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and the Exchange Control Panel (ECP), which were the two interfaces that were used to manage Exchange Server 2010.
One of the advantages of having the web-based EAC is that you can partition access from the Internet/Intranet from within the ECP IIS virtual directory to allow or disallow management features. This allows you to permit or deny access to users trying to access the EAC from the Internet outside of your organizational environment, while still allowing access to an end-user’s Outlook Web App Options.