Exchange Server

What is Exchange Server?

Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products. Exchange's major features consist of electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks; support for mobile and web-based access to information; and support for data storage

History

Planning the migration from Microsoft's internal "legacy XENIX-based messaging system" to Exchange Server environment began in April 1993, and by January 1995 some 500 users were running on Exchange Server Beta 1. By April 1996 32,000 users were migrated to that environment.

Edition

Exchange 1.0

Exchange Server 4.0

Exchange Server 5.0

Exchange Server 5.5

Exchange Server 2000

Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server 2007

Exchange Server 2008

Exchange Server 2010

How to Setup Exchange Server 2010

Follow the steps below to correctly configure your Exchange Server 2010 email server for general use, and for use with I Get Mail.  Note that for this document we are assuming you are installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit.

Pre-Installation Checklist

Install Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit version

Configure your static IP address

Activate Auto Updates

Add role - Active Directory Services

Add role - Active Directory Lightweight Services

Add feature - Windows Process Activation Service

Add role - Web Server (IIS)

Add feature - PowerShell

Enable TCP Port Sharing

Apply the 2007 Office System Converter

Roles / Features NOT to install

Installing Exchange Server 2010

Allow IGetMail access to your Exchange Server

Adding EMail Users

Pre-Installation Checklist

Make sure you have all of the following steps in place before you setup Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit.

For simplicity we are assuming you are setting up a small office where one machine will be used for both the Active Directory and the Exchange Server. This setup works just fine and reduces the number of machines to maintain. If you have a larger office you may want to consider separating the Active Directory machine and the Exchange 2010 Server. 

Install Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit version

Exchange 2010 is a 64 bit application and requires 64 bit versions of Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.  You should select a computer that is capable of running the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2003 or 2008.  For this example, we will start with a clean installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit version that has not had any roles installed. 

After installing Windows Server 2008 R2 we set the clock and the name of the server to be "EX2010".  At this point this server is configured to be a stand alone computer with default settings.
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