Wednesday, March 8, 2017

How to Install Exchange 2016

Hello Friends Today i will show how you can install Exchange 2016 server.I have installed 2012 R2 server and a Domin controller. I have downloaded the ISO of Exchange 2016. I will run the below script from powershell as this will enable the  features which is a pre requisite for Exchange 2016 Mailbox Role.


Install-WindowsFeature 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







 
If you also plan to install management tools then run the below command from Windows PowerShell.


Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-ManagementScriptingTools,IIS-ManagementScriptingTools,IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility,IIS-LegacySnapIn,IIS-ManagementConsole,IIS-Metabase,IIS-WebServerManagementTools,IIS-WebServerRole








 

It is recommended to reboot the server so that the changes can come in to effect.
Run the Exchange 2016 setup file as an Administrator, This will extract the Exchange set up.
Once the file is extracted, Navigate to the Extracted folder on Command prompt and run the below command to prepare the schema.


setup.exe /prepareschema /iacceptexchangeserverlicenseterms











Now we need to prepare the AD, Since this is the first Exchange server in the environment so we will have to give the Organization name. Chose the organization name as per your convenience, I am choosing the Organization name as "First Organization".
Run the below command from the command prompt.


setup.exe /prepareAd /Organizationname:"First Organization" /iacceptexchangeserverlicenseterms










Now we will start the install of the Mailbox Role and Management Tools.
To install Management tools you will require .NET Framework 4.5.2


Run the below command to Start the install.


setup.exe /m:install /r:Mailbox, mt /iacceptexchangeserverlicenseterms


The set up might fail if some of the patches are not installed or Feature is not enabled, I was asked to install Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime and enable the Media Foundation feature.
I installed the patch and enabled the Feature. Initiated the install again.










The installation completed successfully.