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1. Introduction Part 1: Install Windows AD Server 2k3 Step 1: Install Win2k3 AD Part 2: Install Exchange Server 2003 Step 1: Services and Dependencies Required by Exchange 2003 Step 2: Install Exchange 2003 in Stages Step 3: Preparing Forests and Domains Step 4: Run ForestPrep – require: Enterprise and Schema Admins’ permissions Step 5: Run DomainPrep – require: Domain Admins permissions Step 6: Run Setup – require: Exchange Full Admins permissions Step 7: Adding MX Record Server Step 8: Install Exchange Server SP1 & SP2 Step 9: Starting Exchange Server Step 10: Routing Groups – by default, not displayed Step 11: Adding New User Accounts Step 12: Enabling New Users’ Mailboxes & Testing their Email Accounts Part 4: Troubleshooting Installation of Exchange Server 2003 © A Global Open Versity Technical Publication Open Access License 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 14 20 23 23 24 26 29 32
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By Kefa Rabah, [email protected] Dec 17, 2009 SerengetiSys Labs
1. Introduction
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. 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. Exchange Server 2003 (v6.5, code name Titanium) debuted on September 28, 2003. Exchange Server 2003 (currently at SP2) can be run on Windows 2000 Server (only if Service Pack 4 is first installed) and 32-bit Windows Server 2003; although some new features only work with the latter. Like Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003 has many compatibility modes to allow users to slowly migrate to the new system. This is useful in large companies with distributed Exchange Server environments who cannot afford the downtime and expense that comes with a complete migration. One can also use Windows Clustering technologies which can help you achieve scalability, availability, reliability, and fault tolerance for your Exchange 2003 organization. A cluster consists of individual computers (also called nodes) that function cohesively in a Cluster service. These computers act as network service providers or as reserve computers that assume the responsibilities of failed nodes. Depending on how you configure your cluster, clustering can simplify the process of recovering a single server from disasters. In this guide, we present a step-by-step installation and configuration of Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. After completing the ES2k3 installation, you’ll learn how to Add MX Record, Create and enable users’ mailbox on ES2k3. You’ll also learn how to access your emails via Outlook Web Access (OWA) etc. On completion of following this lab training with this install guide, you should be able to have reached an Exchange Server 2003 competency level of advance basic depending on how much effort and time you’ve allocated for the training. And capability to at least plan, design, implement and deploy an Exchange Server 2003 in SMB to Medium business environment.
Part 1: Install Windows AD Server 2k3
Step 1: Install Win2k3 AD In this step-by-step install guide it’s assumed that you have already installed Windows AD 2k3 or know how to install Win 2k3 AD. If not then head to Scribd.com and check out an excellent article by the same author entitled "Install Windows Server 2003 Active Directory HowTo v1.0", to get you started. Our Win2k3 AD DC configuration is as follows: • Server: server03.mycompany.loc 2
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Domain: mycomapny.loc IP Address: 192.168.83.7
1. Create two Admin users’ accounts that we’ll use to install Exchanger Server 2003, these: ExchFullAdmin account (Members of Enterprise Admins & Schema Admins) to run /forestprep and /setup stages 2. Next create DomainAdmin account (member of Domain Admins) for run /domainprep.
Part 2: Install Exchange Server 2003
Step 1: Services and Dependencies Required by Exchange 2003 Prior to installing the ES 2k3 – there are certain Windows Server 2003 components that must be installed and enabled Exchange 2003 setup requires that the following components and services be installed and enabled on the server: • • • • • • .NET Framework ASP.NET Internet Information Services (IIS) World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service
Follow the procedure shown below to install the ES 2k3 dependencies and services:
There are some important facts to note during the planning stages: • It’s important to note that for security reasons in Windows 2003 IIS is locked down, so not only make sure that you install the services, but also that the corresponding services are set to Automatic. Finally start the service. If you are installing Exchange 2003 on a server running Windows 2000, Exchange Setup installs and enables the Microsoft.NET Framework and ASP.NET automatically. 3
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You must install the World Wide Web Publishing Service, the SMTP service, and the NNTP service manually before running Exchange Server2003 Installation Wizard. • If you are installing Exchange 2003 in a native Windows Server2003 forest or domain, none of these services is enabled by default. You must enable the services manually before running Exchange Server2003 Installation Wizard.
Before we move on into installing our ES 2k3 on Win 2k3 Active Directory, we are going make sure that certain monstrous and Exchange killer facts are set and running correctly in our Win 2k3 Active Directory DC, these are: 1. You have installed all required components and services required for ES 2k3 setup. And you have send server to Windows Update site and juiced it with heavy dose of the latest Service Pack, security updates and hot-fixes – and thereby acquiring a clean bill of health for our setup process. 2. Our Active Directory DC is configured with static IP address e.g.,: 192.168.83.7, and also let’s assume that this scenario: Server: server03, Domain: mycompany.loc, say. 3. DNS is setup configured and running correctly, to test this do NSLOOKUP, as follows: C:\>nslookup mycompany.loc Server: server03.mybcompany.loc Address: 192.168.83.7 Name: Address: mycompany.loc 192.168.83.7
As you can see our DC is able to perform name services lookup and report back correctly its status. At this point grab some cup of coffee or tea or whatever – anything but alcoholic stuff! – to cool yourself – because the next step is kind of nerve wrecking and therefore requires that all your faculties are alert and all full steam. Step 2: Install Exchange 2003 in Stages This is the most crucial stage that must be done correctly and in the right sequence otherwise you will be heading for monstrous disastrous consequences – because when you install Exchange 2003 – it extends your Windows AD schema – and let’s say, there is no going back to the original AD setup. Some best case scenario is set up a pilot test-bed using Virtual PC or VMware before moving them to your production environment. The stages to follow are as follows: 1. Setup /forestprep 2. Setup /domainprep 3. Finally plain: setup See Fig. 1, for exact procedures.
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Fig. 1 Step 3: Preparing Forests and Domains After you have installed the Windows Components and enabled the Services required by ES 2k3 – then the next step – is to prepare AD for Exchange installation. Preparing AD involves running ForestPrep and DomainPrep - the two utilities that prepare the forest & domain, respectively, for final and successful ES 2k3 installation. Note: Running ForestPrep & DomainPrep • ForestPrep – extends the AD & therefore, affects the whole AD forest – run only once • DomainPrep – affects the whole the target domain in which it is run – run only once. • If you are planning to do these steps - be sure to confirm that these procedures have not already been done. Note: You do not need to run these utilities on member servers on which you intend to install ES 2k3 – although you can if you want to! Take note, this part affects our main interest of this article and which we’ll com back to. Step 4: Run ForestPrep – require: Enterprise and Schema Admins’ permissions An IT infrastructure best practices for running /forestprep is to create a ExchFullAdmin user account in AD Users and Computers Snap-in console, and make him a member of Enterprise and Schema Admins’ group. The following are the tricky points to note when you run ForestPrep: 1. Logout and login with ExchFullAdmin account. 2. You need to run the ForestPrep in the Forest Root Domain, because it must be able to contact the server which holds the schema master operations (SMOs) master role – which is the first DC installed in the forest. 3. That is, when you run ForestPrep – it checks whether it is being run in the correct domain – if its not – it tells you which domain contains the schema master. The setup then returns an error message and ForestPrep process ends! 4. To run ForestPrep, issue this command via your cmd: d:\setup\i386\setup /forestprep
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Fig. 2
5. From Fig. 2, read the Alert and then click the Continue button. 6. You should see the "Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard" doing some installation, see Fig. 3.
Fig. 3
7. Again from Fig. 4, click the Continue button.
Fig. 4
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8. When you click the Continue button from Fig.4, you should see the "Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard". Read the information and then click the Next button, see Fig. 5.
Fig. 5
Note: Henceforth, the MS Exchange Installation Wizard will guide you through with installation procedure. However, be warned that because ForestPrep is modifying the AD schema, you cannot cancel the process once it starts. Also be aware that it’s unusual for the process to take an hour or more to end.
9. On the License Agreement page, read and click "I agree" to accept the license, and the click Next, see Fig. 6.
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10. On the Component Selection page, accept the default and the click Next, see Fig. 7.
Fig. 7
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11. On the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator Account page, accept the default Account: "MYCOMPNAY\ExchFullAdmin" or change as desired, click Next, see Fig. 8.
Fig. 8
12. On the Component Progress, Fig. 9, grab yourself some coffee and relax as it may take several minutes to complete the "Microsoft Exchange Forest Preparation".
Fig. 9
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13. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish to complete ES2k3 ForesPrep, see Fig. 10.
Fig. 10
Step 5: Run DomainPrep – require: Domain Admins permissions Running DomainPrep is similar to running ForestPrep – except that you use /domainprep switch. Again as with ForestPrep, create DomainPrep user account and make it a member of Domain Admins group, ExchDomainAdmin. And use this account to run DomainPrep setup. DomainPrep prepares the domain partition and must be run in each of the following domains: 1. the Forest Root Domain 2. all the domains that will contain the ES 2k3 3. all domains that will contain Exchange mailbox-enabled objects (users, groups) – even if the domain does not have its own ES 2k3. 4. Again remember that you do not need to run DomainPrep on member servers on which you intend to install ES 2k3 – although you can if you want to! Note: that when you run DomainPrep – it creates two security groups and permissions required by ES 2k3, these are: Exchange Enterprise Servers and Exchange Domain Servers. 5. Logout and login with ExchDomainAdmin account, and issue the command: d:\setup\i386\setup /domainprep
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6. From Fig.11, click Continue button
Fig. 11
7. From Fig.12, wait for the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard to complete copying files.
Fig. 12
8. From Fig.13, click Continue button
Fig. 13
9. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, read the info and the click Next, see Fig. 14.
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Fig. 14
10. On the License Agreement, read and accept the agreement, and then click Next, see Fig. 15.
Fig. 15
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11. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, and then click Next, see Fig. 16.
Fig. 16
12. Click OK to accept the Alert warning (not shown) 13. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, and then click Next, see Fig. 17.
Fig. 17
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Step 6: Run Setup – require: Exchange Full Admins permissions Now comes’ the big question – running setup to finally install the Exchange server 2003. The most important point to note here is whether you intend to run the Setup process on Active Directory domain server (DC) or on a domain member server. The setup process is the same but required accounts permissions are slightly different – but it’s very important that you must get them which-is-which permissions’ right. 1. Logout and login again with ExchFullAdmin account 2. To run Setup, issue this command via your cmd: d:\setup\i386\setup 14. From Fig.18, click Continue button
Fig. 18
15. From Fig.19, wait for the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard to complete copying files.
Fig. 19
16. From Fig.20, again click Continue button.
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Fig. 20
17. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, read the info and the click Next, see Fig. 21.
Fig. 21
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18. On the License Agreement, read and accept the agreement, and then click Next, see Fig. 22.
Fig. 22
19. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, click Next, see Fig. 23.
Fig. 23
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20. On the Installation Type, accept the default selection, click Next, see Fig. 24.
Fig. 24
21. On the Organization Name, change as desired, then click Next, see Fig. 25.
Fig. 25
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22. On the Licensing Agreement, read and accept, and then click Next, see Fig. 26.
Fig. 26
23. On the Installation Summary, read and verify, and then click Next, see Fig. 27.
Fig. 27
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24. On the Component Progress, again grab some coffee and relax, as it might take a couple of minutes to complete installing all the components, and then click Next, see Fig. 28.
Fig. 28
25. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard, click Finish, see Fig. 29.
Fig. 29
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Step 7: Adding MX Record Server The final stage to make our Exchange messaging server fully functional is to add the MX record in our DNS Server. To do that, perform the following procedure: 1. Logout and login with Administrator account 2. Click Start > Administrator Tools > DNS server 3. Expand as shown and right-click "mycompany.loc" and select "New Mail Exchange (MX)...", see Fig. 30.
Fig. 30: Adding MX Record
4. On the New Resource Record dialog box, complete as desired and then click OK, see Fig. 31.
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Fig. 31
5. Our final DNS server records should look like shown in Fig. 32.
Fig. 32: Final DNS records: showing Mail Exchanger (MX) record.
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Ones done we need to verify that our mail server is able to perform NSLOOKUP services. To do this issue the following command on both servers: 1. From the CMD, issue the following command: C:\>nslookup -querytype=mx server03 with results shown in Fig. 33:
Fig. 33: Perform nslookup for MX record.
2. Again from the CMD, issue the following command: C:\>telnet mserver03.mycompany.loc 25 220 server03.mycompany.loc Microsoft ESMTP 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:59:15 -0800 ehlo 250-server03.mycompany.loc Hello [192.168.83.7] 250-TURN 250-SIZE 250-ETRN 250-PIPELINING 250-DSN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8bitmime 250-BINARYMIME 250-CHUNKING 250-VRFY 250-X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN 250-X-EXPS=LOGIN 250-AUTH GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250-X-LINK2STATE 250-XEXCH50 250 OK
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If you get the server to respond, then hurray – we’re done! And enjoy configuring the Exchange to your suit your taste and requirements. Step 8: Install Exchange Server SP1 & SP2 1. Download and install Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack1 and Service Pack 2. Step 9: Starting Exchange Server To access Exchange Server, perform the following procedure: 1. Click Start > Microsoft Exchange > System Manager, see Fig. 34.
Fig. 34
2. Figure 35, shown the Exchange System Manager, where can manger your ES server.
Fig. 35: The Exchange System Manager
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Step 10: Routing Groups – by default, not displayed Whereas Administrative groups have no relationship to the physical NW infrastructure • the routing group – are directly related to the physical structure - i.e., they are used to group Exchange servers on the basis of location. ⇒ Two Exchange servers separated by a WAN link – are in different routing groups - i.e., you can think of routing groups – as being much like AD Sites - which are used to group servers that: share reliable well-connected bandwidth • routing groups – come into play - when you have multiple locations connected by WAN links - this maps directly to the: AD site structure - each routing group contains its local servers & • the connectors – are configured to connect the routing groups - which could be via: 1. routing group connectors (the preferred way) 2. SMTP connectors – connects mail servers via Internet, & dial-up lines 3. X.400 connectors –connect non-Microsoft mail servers, scheduled conn. Note: when you install the first ES 2k3 server in an organization - a default routing group i.e., First Routing Group - is created - you can rename this routing group & - you can also create additional routing group using: Exchange System Manager i.e., Routing groups – contained within Administrative groups Displaying Routing Groups – by default, not displayed To display routing group: 1. Click Start → Exchange System Manager → right-click Organization name console, and select Properties → General tabs → Administrative Views section, see Fig. 36. General tabs Administrative Views – to configure & deploy Admin or routing groups Click check boxes to enable both: Display Administrative Groups Display routing groups • • subsequent servers – are added to routing groups during installation using Exchange System Manager if necessary – you can move servers between routing group
Note: Limitations of the default Mixed mode operation • you cannot move servers between routing groups - that belong to different Administrative group ⇒ you can only move servers between routing groups within the same Administrative group • if you need to move a server to a routing group - that is in a different Administrative group - you must first move the server to the Administrative group – that contains the target routing group - alternatively – move entire routing group from one Admin group to another - this is the limitation of the default mixed mode operations 24
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Fig. 36
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To overcome the limitation of the Mixed Mode, from Fig. 36, click "Change Mode", and then from Fig. 37
Fig. 37: The Exchange System Manager Alert. • • Read the Alert information, and then click the Yes button to change from Mixed Mode to "Native Mode". Next, click Apply and then OK, to close the Mycompany First Organization Properties dialog box, and restart the Exchange System Manager.
Native Mode: • Exchange organization – operating in native - can contain servers running both: ES 2000/2k3 • you can convert an Exchange organization to native mode - only when all the Exchange servers – in it are running: ES 2000/2k3 25
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Note: Converting to Native Mode is Irreversible • Converting to native mode is a one-time, one-way operation - that cannot be reversed at a later date. Native mode provides the following advantages: 1. Greater flexibility for defining Administrative & routing groups 2. The ability to move mailboxes between servers in different Admin groups 3. The ability to move servers between routing groups 4. Query-based distribution groups (QDGs). QDGs allow membership of’ distribution groups to be dynamic rather than static. 5. If routing bridgehead pairs are upgraded to ES 2k3 in a native mode organization – they will use 8BITMIME data transfer - instead of converting 7-bit – which reduces traffic over WAN connections. Step 11: Adding New User Accounts In this section, we’re going to add new AD user account, to demonstrate how ES 2k3 integrates with Win2k3 AD DC. 1. Logout and login with Administrator account 2. Click Start > Administrator Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers 3. Right-click Users container, see Fig. 36.
Fig. 36
4. Create a new user as shown in Fig. 37, and then click Next.
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Fig. 37
5. On Fig. 38, enter the user password and checkmark "Password never expires", and then click Next.
Fig. 38
6. On Fig. 39, accept the default, and then click Next.
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Fig. 39
7. On Fig. 40, click Finish, to complete user account creation.
Fig. 40
8. On Fig. 40, click Finish, to complete user account creation. 9. Repeat the same procedure to create two more users accounts:
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Usernames: Sarah Craig (scraig)
Kefa Rabah (krabah).
10. To view these users’ mailboxes from the Exchange Server Manager, send an e-mail to all the users. Step 12: Enabling New Users’ Mailboxes & Testing their Email Accounts Note: Users’ Mailboxes Might Not Appear • when you create a mailbox-enabled user, e.g., [email protected] - you need to initialize the mailbox by sending a message to it - before it will appear & be available to manage thro’ the: Mailboxes folder - enable via: http://localhost/exchange/scraig - when prompted enter the appropriate user’s authentication credentials, Fig. 41.
Fig. 41
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- in the Outlook Web Access window – on the toolbar click New - in the To: scraig;iwong;krabah - in the Subject: Initialize Users’ Mailbox Messages - then Click: Send - be patient: you may need to refresh the view – to update mailbox container it might be useful to create a std welcome message - to send to all such accounts - when they are created & automate the process See Figures: 42, 43, and 44 for sequence of operations.
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Fig. 42
Fig. 42: Click New
icon to open e-mail composing page.
Fig. 43
Fig. 43: Click Send
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Fig. 44: Click the Refresh •
icon to receive the e-mail.
Restart Exchange System Manager and now you should be able to see all the users’ mailboxes, as shown in Fig. 45.
Fig. 43
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Part 4: Troubleshooting Installation of Exchange Server 2003
Incase of any errors – then do the troubleshooting to locate the problem: • • • • • • • 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 synchronize 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 server.
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1. Introduction Part 1: Install Windows AD Server 2k3 Step 1: Install Win2k3 AD Part 2: Install Exchange Server 2003 Step 1: Services and Dependencies Required by Exchange 2003 Step 2: Install Exchange 2003 in Stages Step 3: Preparing Forests and Domains Step 4: Run ForestPrep – require: Enterprise and Schema Admins’ permissions Step 5: Run DomainPrep – require: Domain Admins permissions Step 6: Run Setup – require: Exchange Full Admins permissions Step 7: Adding MX Record Server Step 8: Install Exchange Server SP1 & SP2 Step 9: Starting Exchange Server Step 10: Routing Groups – by default, not displayed Step 11: Adding New User Accounts Step 12: Enabling New Users’ Mailboxes & Testing their Email Accounts Part 4: Troubleshooting Installation of Exchange Server 2003 © A Global Open Versity Technical Publication Open Access License 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 14 20 23 23 24 26 29 32
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By Kefa Rabah, [email protected] Dec 17, 2009 SerengetiSys Labs
1. Introduction
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. 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. Exchange Server 2003 (v6.5, code name Titanium) debuted on September 28, 2003. Exchange Server 2003 (currently at SP2) can be run on Windows 2000 Server (only if Service Pack 4 is first installed) and 32-bit Windows Server 2003; although some new features only work with the latter. Like Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003 has many compatibility modes to allow users to slowly migrate to the new system. This is useful in large companies with distributed Exchange Server environments who cannot afford the downtime and expense that comes with a complete migration. One can also use Windows Clustering technologies which can help you achieve scalability, availability, reliability, and fault tolerance for your Exchange 2003 organization. A cluster consists of individual computers (also called nodes) that function cohesively in a Cluster service. These computers act as network service providers or as reserve computers that assume the responsibilities of failed nodes. Depending on how you configure your cluster, clustering can simplify the process of recovering a single server from disasters. In this guide, we present a step-by-step installation and configuration of Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. After completing the ES2k3 installation, you’ll learn how to Add MX Record, Create and enable users’ mailbox on ES2k3. You’ll also learn how to access your emails via Outlook Web Access (OWA) etc. On completion of following this lab training with this install guide, you should be able to have reached an Exchange Server 2003 competency level of advance basic depending on how much effort and time you’ve allocated for the training. And capability to at least plan, design, implement and deploy an Exchange Server 2003 in SMB to Medium business environment.
Part 1: Install Windows AD Server 2k3
Step 1: Install Win2k3 AD In this step-by-step install guide it’s assumed that you have already installed Windows AD 2k3 or know how to install Win 2k3 AD. If not then head to Scribd.com and check out an excellent article by the same author entitled "Install Windows Server 2003 Active Directory HowTo v1.0", to get you started. Our Win2k3 AD DC configuration is as follows: • Server: server03.mycompany.loc 2
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Domain: mycomapny.loc IP Address: 192.168.83.7
1. Create two Admin users’ accounts that we’ll use to install Exchanger Server 2003, these: ExchFullAdmin account (Members of Enterprise Admins & Schema Admins) to run /forestprep and /setup stages 2. Next create DomainAdmin account (member of Domain Admins) for run /domainprep.
Part 2: Install Exchange Server 2003
Step 1: Services and Dependencies Required by Exchange 2003 Prior to installing the ES 2k3 – there are certain Windows Server 2003 components that must be installed and enabled Exchange 2003 setup requires that the following components and services be installed and enabled on the server: • • • • • • .NET Framework ASP.NET Internet Information Services (IIS) World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service
Follow the procedure shown below to install the ES 2k3 dependencies and services:
There are some important facts to note during the planning stages: • It’s important to note that for security reasons in Windows 2003 IIS is locked down, so not only make sure that you install the services, but also that the corresponding services are set to Automatic. Finally start the service. If you are installing Exchange 2003 on a server running Windows 2000, Exchange Setup installs and enables the Microsoft.NET Framework and ASP.NET automatically. 3
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You must install the World Wide Web Publishing Service, the SMTP service, and the NNTP service manually before running Exchange Server2003 Installation Wizard. • If you are installing Exchange 2003 in a native Windows Server2003 forest or domain, none of these services is enabled by default. You must enable the services manually before running Exchange Server2003 Installation Wizard.
Before we move on into installing our ES 2k3 on Win 2k3 Active Directory, we are going make sure that certain monstrous and Exchange killer facts are set and running correctly in our Win 2k3 Active Directory DC, these are: 1. You have installed all required components and services required for ES 2k3 setup. And you have send server to Windows Update site and juiced it with heavy dose of the latest Service Pack, security updates and hot-fixes – and thereby acquiring a clean bill of health for our setup process. 2. Our Active Directory DC is configured with static IP address e.g.,: 192.168.83.7, and also let’s assume that this scenario: Server: server03, Domain: mycompany.loc, say. 3. DNS is setup configured and running correctly, to test this do NSLOOKUP, as follows: C:\>nslookup mycompany.loc Server: server03.mybcompany.loc Address: 192.168.83.7 Name: Address: mycompany.loc 192.168.83.7
As you can see our DC is able to perform name services lookup and report back correctly its status. At this point grab some cup of coffee or tea or whatever – anything but alcoholic stuff! – to cool yourself – because the next step is kind of nerve wrecking and therefore requires that all your faculties are alert and all full steam. Step 2: Install Exchange 2003 in Stages This is the most crucial stage that must be done correctly and in the right sequence otherwise you will be heading for monstrous disastrous consequences – because when you install Exchange 2003 – it extends your Windows AD schema – and let’s say, there is no going back to the original AD setup. Some best case scenario is set up a pilot test-bed using Virtual PC or VMware before moving them to your production environment. The stages to follow are as follows: 1. Setup /forestprep 2. Setup /domainprep 3. Finally plain: setup See Fig. 1, for exact procedures.
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Fig. 1 Step 3: Preparing Forests and Domains After you have installed the Windows Components and enabled the Services required by ES 2k3 – then the next step – is to prepare AD for Exchange installation. Preparing AD involves running ForestPrep and DomainPrep - the two utilities that prepare the forest & domain, respectively, for final and successful ES 2k3 installation. Note: Running ForestPrep & DomainPrep • ForestPrep – extends the AD & therefore, affects the whole AD forest – run only once • DomainPrep – affects the whole the target domain in which it is run – run only once. • If you are planning to do these steps - be sure to confirm that these procedures have not already been done. Note: You do not need to run these utilities on member servers on which you intend to install ES 2k3 – although you can if you want to! Take note, this part affects our main interest of this article and which we’ll com back to. Step 4: Run ForestPrep – require: Enterprise and Schema Admins’ permissions An IT infrastructure best practices for running /forestprep is to create a ExchFullAdmin user account in AD Users and Computers Snap-in console, and make him a member of Enterprise and Schema Admins’ group. The following are the tricky points to note when you run ForestPrep: 1. Logout and login with ExchFullAdmin account. 2. You need to run the ForestPrep in the Forest Root Domain, because it must be able to contact the server which holds the schema master operations (SMOs) master role – which is the first DC installed in the forest. 3. That is, when you run ForestPrep – it checks whether it is being run in the correct domain – if its not – it tells you which domain contains the schema master. The setup then returns an error message and ForestPrep process ends! 4. To run ForestPrep, issue this command via your cmd: d:\setup\i386\setup /forestprep
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Fig. 2
5. From Fig. 2, read the Alert and then click the Continue button. 6. You should see the "Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard" doing some installation, see Fig. 3.
Fig. 3
7. Again from Fig. 4, click the Continue button.
Fig. 4
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8. When you click the Continue button from Fig.4, you should see the "Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard". Read the information and then click the Next button, see Fig. 5.
Fig. 5
Note: Henceforth, the MS Exchange Installation Wizard will guide you through with installation procedure. However, be warned that because ForestPrep is modifying the AD schema, you cannot cancel the process once it starts. Also be aware that it’s unusual for the process to take an hour or more to end.
9. On the License Agreement page, read and click "I agree" to accept the license, and the click Next, see Fig. 6.
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10. On the Component Selection page, accept the default and the click Next, see Fig. 7.
Fig. 7
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11. On the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator Account page, accept the default Account: "MYCOMPNAY\ExchFullAdmin" or change as desired, click Next, see Fig. 8.
Fig. 8
12. On the Component Progress, Fig. 9, grab yourself some coffee and relax as it may take several minutes to complete the "Microsoft Exchange Forest Preparation".
Fig. 9
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13. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish to complete ES2k3 ForesPrep, see Fig. 10.
Fig. 10
Step 5: Run DomainPrep – require: Domain Admins permissions Running DomainPrep is similar to running ForestPrep – except that you use /domainprep switch. Again as with ForestPrep, create DomainPrep user account and make it a member of Domain Admins group, ExchDomainAdmin. And use this account to run DomainPrep setup. DomainPrep prepares the domain partition and must be run in each of the following domains: 1. the Forest Root Domain 2. all the domains that will contain the ES 2k3 3. all domains that will contain Exchange mailbox-enabled objects (users, groups) – even if the domain does not have its own ES 2k3. 4. Again remember that you do not need to run DomainPrep on member servers on which you intend to install ES 2k3 – although you can if you want to! Note: that when you run DomainPrep – it creates two security groups and permissions required by ES 2k3, these are: Exchange Enterprise Servers and Exchange Domain Servers. 5. Logout and login with ExchDomainAdmin account, and issue the command: d:\setup\i386\setup /domainprep
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6. From Fig.11, click Continue button
Fig. 11
7. From Fig.12, wait for the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard to complete copying files.
Fig. 12
8. From Fig.13, click Continue button
Fig. 13
9. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, read the info and the click Next, see Fig. 14.
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Fig. 14
10. On the License Agreement, read and accept the agreement, and then click Next, see Fig. 15.
Fig. 15
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11. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, and then click Next, see Fig. 16.
Fig. 16
12. Click OK to accept the Alert warning (not shown) 13. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, and then click Next, see Fig. 17.
Fig. 17
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Step 6: Run Setup – require: Exchange Full Admins permissions Now comes’ the big question – running setup to finally install the Exchange server 2003. The most important point to note here is whether you intend to run the Setup process on Active Directory domain server (DC) or on a domain member server. The setup process is the same but required accounts permissions are slightly different – but it’s very important that you must get them which-is-which permissions’ right. 1. Logout and login again with ExchFullAdmin account 2. To run Setup, issue this command via your cmd: d:\setup\i386\setup 14. From Fig.18, click Continue button
Fig. 18
15. From Fig.19, wait for the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard to complete copying files.
Fig. 19
16. From Fig.20, again click Continue button.
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Fig. 20
17. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard, read the info and the click Next, see Fig. 21.
Fig. 21
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18. On the License Agreement, read and accept the agreement, and then click Next, see Fig. 22.
Fig. 22
19. On the Component Selection, accept the default selection, click Next, see Fig. 23.
Fig. 23
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20. On the Installation Type, accept the default selection, click Next, see Fig. 24.
Fig. 24
21. On the Organization Name, change as desired, then click Next, see Fig. 25.
Fig. 25
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22. On the Licensing Agreement, read and accept, and then click Next, see Fig. 26.
Fig. 26
23. On the Installation Summary, read and verify, and then click Next, see Fig. 27.
Fig. 27
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24. On the Component Progress, again grab some coffee and relax, as it might take a couple of minutes to complete installing all the components, and then click Next, see Fig. 28.
Fig. 28
25. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard, click Finish, see Fig. 29.
Fig. 29
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Step 7: Adding MX Record Server The final stage to make our Exchange messaging server fully functional is to add the MX record in our DNS Server. To do that, perform the following procedure: 1. Logout and login with Administrator account 2. Click Start > Administrator Tools > DNS server 3. Expand as shown and right-click "mycompany.loc" and select "New Mail Exchange (MX)...", see Fig. 30.
Fig. 30: Adding MX Record
4. On the New Resource Record dialog box, complete as desired and then click OK, see Fig. 31.
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Fig. 31
5. Our final DNS server records should look like shown in Fig. 32.
Fig. 32: Final DNS records: showing Mail Exchanger (MX) record.
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Ones done we need to verify that our mail server is able to perform NSLOOKUP services. To do this issue the following command on both servers: 1. From the CMD, issue the following command: C:\>nslookup -querytype=mx server03 with results shown in Fig. 33:
Fig. 33: Perform nslookup for MX record.
2. Again from the CMD, issue the following command: C:\>telnet mserver03.mycompany.loc 25 220 server03.mycompany.loc Microsoft ESMTP 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:59:15 -0800 ehlo 250-server03.mycompany.loc Hello [192.168.83.7] 250-TURN 250-SIZE 250-ETRN 250-PIPELINING 250-DSN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8bitmime 250-BINARYMIME 250-CHUNKING 250-VRFY 250-X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN 250-X-EXPS=LOGIN 250-AUTH GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250-X-LINK2STATE 250-XEXCH50 250 OK
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If you get the server to respond, then hurray – we’re done! And enjoy configuring the Exchange to your suit your taste and requirements. Step 8: Install Exchange Server SP1 & SP2 1. Download and install Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack1 and Service Pack 2. Step 9: Starting Exchange Server To access Exchange Server, perform the following procedure: 1. Click Start > Microsoft Exchange > System Manager, see Fig. 34.
Fig. 34
2. Figure 35, shown the Exchange System Manager, where can manger your ES server.
Fig. 35: The Exchange System Manager
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Step 10: Routing Groups – by default, not displayed Whereas Administrative groups have no relationship to the physical NW infrastructure • the routing group – are directly related to the physical structure - i.e., they are used to group Exchange servers on the basis of location. ⇒ Two Exchange servers separated by a WAN link – are in different routing groups - i.e., you can think of routing groups – as being much like AD Sites - which are used to group servers that: share reliable well-connected bandwidth • routing groups – come into play - when you have multiple locations connected by WAN links - this maps directly to the: AD site structure - each routing group contains its local servers & • the connectors – are configured to connect the routing groups - which could be via: 1. routing group connectors (the preferred way) 2. SMTP connectors – connects mail servers via Internet, & dial-up lines 3. X.400 connectors –connect non-Microsoft mail servers, scheduled conn. Note: when you install the first ES 2k3 server in an organization - a default routing group i.e., First Routing Group - is created - you can rename this routing group & - you can also create additional routing group using: Exchange System Manager i.e., Routing groups – contained within Administrative groups Displaying Routing Groups – by default, not displayed To display routing group: 1. Click Start → Exchange System Manager → right-click Organization name console, and select Properties → General tabs → Administrative Views section, see Fig. 36. General tabs Administrative Views – to configure & deploy Admin or routing groups Click check boxes to enable both: Display Administrative Groups Display routing groups • • subsequent servers – are added to routing groups during installation using Exchange System Manager if necessary – you can move servers between routing group
Note: Limitations of the default Mixed mode operation • you cannot move servers between routing groups - that belong to different Administrative group ⇒ you can only move servers between routing groups within the same Administrative group • if you need to move a server to a routing group - that is in a different Administrative group - you must first move the server to the Administrative group – that contains the target routing group - alternatively – move entire routing group from one Admin group to another - this is the limitation of the default mixed mode operations 24
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Fig. 36
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To overcome the limitation of the Mixed Mode, from Fig. 36, click "Change Mode", and then from Fig. 37
Fig. 37: The Exchange System Manager Alert. • • Read the Alert information, and then click the Yes button to change from Mixed Mode to "Native Mode". Next, click Apply and then OK, to close the Mycompany First Organization Properties dialog box, and restart the Exchange System Manager.
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Note: Converting to Native Mode is Irreversible • Converting to native mode is a one-time, one-way operation - that cannot be reversed at a later date. Native mode provides the following advantages: 1. Greater flexibility for defining Administrative & routing groups 2. The ability to move mailboxes between servers in different Admin groups 3. The ability to move servers between routing groups 4. Query-based distribution groups (QDGs). QDGs allow membership of’ distribution groups to be dynamic rather than static. 5. If routing bridgehead pairs are upgraded to ES 2k3 in a native mode organization – they will use 8BITMIME data transfer - instead of converting 7-bit – which reduces traffic over WAN connections. Step 11: Adding New User Accounts In this section, we’re going to add new AD user account, to demonstrate how ES 2k3 integrates with Win2k3 AD DC. 1. Logout and login with Administrator account 2. Click Start > Administrator Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers 3. Right-click Users container, see Fig. 36.
Fig. 36
4. Create a new user as shown in Fig. 37, and then click Next.
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Fig. 37
5. On Fig. 38, enter the user password and checkmark "Password never expires", and then click Next.
Fig. 38
6. On Fig. 39, accept the default, and then click Next.
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Fig. 39
7. On Fig. 40, click Finish, to complete user account creation.
Fig. 40
8. On Fig. 40, click Finish, to complete user account creation. 9. Repeat the same procedure to create two more users accounts:
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Usernames: Sarah Craig (scraig)
Kefa Rabah (krabah).
10. To view these users’ mailboxes from the Exchange Server Manager, send an e-mail to all the users. Step 12: Enabling New Users’ Mailboxes & Testing their Email Accounts Note: Users’ Mailboxes Might Not Appear • when you create a mailbox-enabled user, e.g., [email protected] - you need to initialize the mailbox by sending a message to it - before it will appear & be available to manage thro’ the: Mailboxes folder - enable via: http://localhost/exchange/scraig - when prompted enter the appropriate user’s authentication credentials, Fig. 41.
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- in the Outlook Web Access window – on the toolbar click New - in the To: scraig;iwong;krabah - in the Subject: Initialize Users’ Mailbox Messages - then Click: Send - be patient: you may need to refresh the view – to update mailbox container it might be useful to create a std welcome message - to send to all such accounts - when they are created & automate the process See Figures: 42, 43, and 44 for sequence of operations.
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Fig. 42: Click New
icon to open e-mail composing page.
Fig. 43
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Fig. 44: Click the Refresh •
icon to receive the e-mail.
Restart Exchange System Manager and now you should be able to see all the users’ mailboxes, as shown in Fig. 45.
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Part 4: Troubleshooting Installation of Exchange Server 2003
Incase of any errors – then do the troubleshooting to locate the problem: • • • • • • • 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 synchronize 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 server.
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