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Introduction |
In this article I'll walk through the installation instructions for Exchange Server 2013
prerequisites.
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The prerequisites that are needed to
install Exchange 2013 on a Windows Server 2012 server
depends on which Exchange roles you want to install.
Exchange Server 2013 has only two
roles, Mailbox and Client Access server roles. Exchange
Server 2013 can be installed Either as:
Note : If you
want to install as a Client Access Server role only,
then you neither need to install Microsoft
Office 2010 Filter Packs 64 bit nor
Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs SP1 64 bit
Lets setup and install all Exchange
Server 2013 prerequisites :
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The minimum requirement
for Active Directory at this point is the forest
functional level set at least to Windows Server 2003
If you need to check your current Forest
Functional Level, then read this article :
How to Raise the
Forest and Domain Functional Levels in Windows
Server 2008/R2
My current domain controller is Windows
Server 2008 R2 and the forest functional level is
Windows Server 2008.

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Join the server to the Domain.
Exchange Server needs to be a domain member.
Exchange Server 2013 will update Active
Directory schema.
Make sure the user you are going to login
with is a domain user that has the following privileges :
Domain Admin, Enterprise Admin and Schema Admin.


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Make sure server is
fully updated before running Exchange Server setup.

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Install Windows Features using
PowerShell
Run Windows PowerShell as Administrator and Paste
the following :
Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation,
Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features,
RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering,
RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt,
RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console,
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


Installation will start

After installation is completed, a restart is
required. So close everything and reboot your
server.

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Prepare Active Directory Domain
by running the following command inside an elevated
command prompt:
Setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:OrganizationName /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Where OrganizationName
is your Exchange Server Organization name
In Windows Server 2013 Start Screen, type cmd and from the left
side pane, right click on Command prompt
and choose Run as administrator


Browse to the Exchange Setup files, in my case, the
DVD drive letter is E: , then type the below command
and hit Enter
Setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:ELMAJDAL /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Note: My Organization Name is
ELMAJDAL, so replace ELMAJDAL with your organization
name.

Organization preparation will be completed.

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Download and Install Microsoft Unified Communications Managed
API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit
Download it from :
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34992

Run the installer and Click Next

Accept the license terms and then click Install

When installation is completed, click Finish

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Download and Install Microsoft Office 2010
Filter Packs 64 bit
Download it from :
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062

Once download is completed, run the Filter Pack
setup, and then click Next on the
Welcome to the Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 Setup
Wizard page

Accept the license terms and click Next

Filter Pack 2.0 will be installed successfully,
click OK

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Download and Install Microsoft Office 2010 Filter
Packs SP1 64 bit
Download it from :
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26604

After we installed Microsoft Filter Packs 2.0 64bit,
we need to update it to SP1. Run the setup, accept
the license terms and click Continue


With the installation of Service Pack 1 for
Microsoft Filter Pack 2010 64bit, our Server is
up and ready for Exchange Server 2013 installation.
Summary
In this article, we have made the
server which will host Exchange Server 2013 ready and
setup with all the required prerequisites. In the next
article, We will install Exchange Server 2013.
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