Installation of Exchange Server 2010 Step by Step

Consider: Windows Server 2008 R2 in Hyper-V (member of a Domain Controller),  Hyper-V integration service is installed

Install Prerequisite

Dotnet framework 3.5 SP1, Powershell v2

Now follow these steps to Setup Exchange Server 2010:

1. Double click the Setup.exe to start installation
2. From the language option (Step 3) choose languages available in the DVD
   

   install exchange

3. Now Click Install Exchange 2010, it will take sometimes to initialize.
4. Setup will start with introduction screen, click Next to proceed.
5. Accept License Agreement.
6. Choose Yes or No for error reporting.
7. Choose installation type, Typical or Custom. I have choose Custom Exchange server Installation option. Specify installation path and click Next.
   

   Exchange Installation Type

8. Now check the server roles that you want to install, Next.
   

   Exchange Server setup Role Selection

9. Client settings for Outlook 2003, i am leaving this option as NO. Click Next >
   

   Exchange Server Setup Client Settings

10. Enter the Client access Settings for external domain, for example when you will access this server externally how you would identify this server or the URL. I have entered mymail.mroffice365.com, Next.
    

    Client access Settings for external domain

11. Now the installer will check the readiness of your environment
    

    Exchange 2010 Setup Readiness Check

12. When the wizard finish completing the readiness check click Install. And it will start installing. Will take some minutes to complete.
    

    Exchange 2010 Setup in progress

13. When done click Finish to complete the setup process.
14. Now Open Exchange Management Console to make sure its properly installed. It will take time to initialize and finally the console will comes up with all the roles and other stuffs that you choose during setup.
    

    Exchange 2010 management console

    Hope this Helps!!!

How to Install Certificate Enrollment Web Service

After my previous post on How to Install Certificate Services on Windows Server 2008 R2.

You’ve now got a Certificate Authority- Root CA, that is capable of issuing certificates to your servers and users.  You can go back through the wizard and install additional CA components, for example, that will allow you to issue certificates to users and computers that are/are not part of your domain.  That option is called ‘Certificate Enrollment Web Service’. Go through the following steps:

1.       Select Add Role Services from the Active Directory Certificate Services Role. Wizard will guide you through.

2.       From the Select Role Services choose Certificate Enrollment Web Service, Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service and click Next.

Select Role Services

3.       For Specify CA for certificate Enrollment Web Services; leave the default CA settings (i.e. CA name), Next

Specify CA for certificate Enrollment Web Services

4.       Select Windows Integrated Authentication Type, Click Next

Windows Integrated Authentication

5.       Before doing this step, please add your administrator account to the IIS_USER group

6.       Specify service account credentials for certificate enrollment web service; add your administrator account and password. Click Ok then, Next

service account credentials

7.       Installation result page will show you the result and close the page after you are informed.

installation result page

These are all for installing a Root Certificate Authority (CA) and Enrollment web service for Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Service.

Hope it helps!!