Question: How To Install Exchange Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012

This article will show you how to install Exchange Server 2013 on Window Server 2012 after the previous article showed how to install Exchange 2013 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

The installation on Windows Server 2012 is much shorter.

To start Open PowerShell and type:

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

Next run the following cmdlet

Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, 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

Than install the following components:

  1. Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit
  2. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack 64 bit
  3. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 64 bit

When you finish with the packages you need to uninstall the Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64).

Open Control Panel > Programs and Features.

Select Visual C++ 11 Beta Redistributable (x64) – 11.0.50531 and then click Uninstall.

 

Once completed download the Exchange 2013 Preview from the link below and extract the files and run the Setup program.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once done you can access the Exchange Admin Center.

Note that with Exchange Server 2013 The is no management console and all management is done via a web GUI called EAC (Exchange Admin Center).

To access the EAC type you the Exchange Server URL https://exc2013/ecp

To find out your ECP library url run the following Exchange Cmdlet

Get-ECPVirtualDirectory | Format-List InternalURL,ExternalURL

Once logged in you will see the EAC


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