Question: how To Install Exchange Server 2008 Prerequisites On Windows Server 2008 R2.
Answer:
- Install .NET 3.5 with SP1 using Server Manager
- Windows Server 2008 R2 is using Powershell for the prerequisites install therefore we need to prepare Powershell for this.
- Enable Powershell to run scripts by issuing the following command form PowerShell
Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
4. Import server manager module to PowerShell using the following command:
Import-Module ServerManager
5. For the first server that will run the Hub transport and CAS use the following command in PowerShell (for list of role install combination go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354.aspx#WS08R2 )
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
6. For a mailbox server and CAS use the following command:
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy –Restart