Installing Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition:
Exchange 2003 Standard Edition is designed to meet the messaging and collaboration requirements of small and medium corporations and for specific messaging server roles or branch offices.
• One storage group can be created on a server
• One mailbox store database and one public folder store database that can be accessed by using MAPI and Outlook Web Access
• Up to four more public folder store databases that are accessible only programmatically
• Maximum 16-gigabyte (GB) database limit per database (75 GB with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2)
• Exchange clustering is not supported
• X.400 connector is not included



2. Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition:
Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition is designed for large enterprise corporations. With Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition, you can create multiple storage groups and multiple databases. Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition provides an unlimited message store that removes the constraints on how much data a single server can manage.
• Four storage groups
• Five databases per storage group
• 16 terabyte database limit, limited only by hardware
• Exchange clustering is supported
• X.400 connector is included

Check Services before installing the Exchange Server 2003

ADS
DNS
ASP.NET
Internet Information Services (IIS)
World Wide Web Publishing Service
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service
Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service

Installing Exchange Server 2003:

To install the first Exchange 2003 server in the forest, you must use an account that has Exchange Full Administrator permissions at the organization level and is a local administrator on the computer. Specifically, you can use the account you designated while running ForestPrep or an account from the group that you designated.

To run Exchange 2003 ForestPrep

1. Insert the Exchange CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. On the Start menu, click Run, and then type E:\setup\i386\setup /ForestPrep, where E is your CD- ROM drive.
3. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard page, click Next.
4. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you accept the terms, click I agree, and then click Next.
5. On the Product Identification page, type your 25-digit product key, and then click Next.
6. On the Component Selection page, ensure that Action is set to ForestPrep. If not, click the drop-down arrow, and then click ForestPrep. Click Next.

7. Click Next to start ForestPrep. After ForestPrep starts, you cannot cancel the process.
8. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish.

To run Exchange 2003 DomainPrep

1. Insert the Exchange CD into your CD-ROM drive. You can run DomainPrep on any computer in the domain.
2. From a command prompt, type E:\setup\i386\setup /DomainPrep, where E is your CD-ROM drive.
3. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard page, click Next.
4. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree, and then click Next.
5. If the Product Identification page appears, type your 25-digit product key, and then click Next.
6. On the Component Selection page, ensure that Action is set to DomainPrep. If not, click the drop-down arrow, and then click DomainPrep. Click Next.
The DomainPrep option on the Component Selection page

7. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish.

Now would be the time to run Exchange 2003's setup :

1. Log on to the server on which you want to install Exchange. Insert the Exchange Server 2003 CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. On the Start menu, click Run and then type E:\setup\i386\setup, where E is your CD-ROM drive.
3. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard page, click Next.
4. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree, and then click Next.
5. On the Product Identification page, type your 25-digit product key, and then click Next.
6. On the Component Selection page, in the Action column, use the drop-down arrows to specify the appropriate action for each component, and then click Next.

7. On the Installation Type page, click Create a new Exchange Organization, and then click Next.

8. On the Organization Name page, in the Organization Name box, type your new Exchange organization name, and then click Next.

9. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree that I have read and will be bound by the license agreements for this product, and then click Next.
10. On the Component Selection page, in the Action column, use the drop-down arrows to specify the appropriate action for each component, and then click Next.
11. On the Installation Summary page, confirm that your Exchange installation choices are correct, and then click Next.
12. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish

Troubleshooting Installation of Exchange Server 2003
Made sure you have enough Disk Space
Check the Edition of Exchange Server (Enterprise is best)
Check Active Directory, a user's property sheet is a good place to start.
Check DNS.
LDAP port 389 in use, so cannot connect to Exchange 5.5. Solution change and synchronies port numbers.
If installation fails make sure you delete EXCHSRV\mbdata before trying again.
Why does no-one ever check the Event Viewer? If there is a problem you will see a red error dot in the logs. Remember to check the Application log as well as the System log. If the messages are not self explanatory, look up the error number in TechNet.
Check that ALL the IIS components are installed including SMTP and NNTP. Make sure that ASP.NET and .NET Framework are also installed. Run DCDiag or NetDiag for extra clues as to what is wrong with the