Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P7 doc

 Provide you with information about running Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools..  Show you how to install Exchange Server 2003 on new servers, including how to run Exchange Server

Security Enhancement for Outlook Web Access

To prevent unsafe code from being executed within the browser for

certain MIME types, Exchange Setup adds new file extensions to the Outlook Web Access block lists This update provides a list of known content types that are allowed to start within the browser

Installing New Exchange 2003 Servers

This topic provides information about deploying new installations of

Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 in your organization Specifically, this topic will:

 Provide you with the requirements necessary to install

Exchange 2003

 Provide you with information about running Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools

 Provide you with information about front-end and back-end

architecture, including how to configure a front-end server

 Show you how to run ForestPrep

 Show you how to run DomainPrep

 Show you how to install Exchange Server 2003 on new servers,

including how to run Exchange Server 2003 Setup in attended and

unattended modes

Note:

If you are migrating an Exchange Server 2003 server to a new

Exchange Server 2003 computer see Microsoft KB article 822945,

How to move Exchange 2003 to new hardware and keep the same

server name Use the information provided in that article together with the information in this topic to install a new Exchange Server 2003

server

Permissions for Installing New Exchange Server 2003 Servers

After ensuring that your organization meets the necessary prerequisites, the procedures referenced in this topic guide you through the deployment process This process includes installing the first Exchange Server 2003 computer into your organization

Table 1 lists the required permissions or roles for the procedures

referenced in this topic

Table 1 Procedures referenced in this topic and corresponding permissions

Enable Microsoft Windows®

2000 Server or Microsoft Windows

Server™ 2003 services

 See Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Help

Run ForestPrep on a domain

controller (updates the Microsoft

Active Directory® directory service

schema)

 Enterprise Administrator

 Schema Administrator

 Domain Administrator

 Local Machine Administrator

 Local Machine Administrator

Procedure Required permissions or roles

Install Exchange Server 2003 on

the first server in a domain

 Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the organization level

 Local Machine Administrator

Install Exchange Server 2003 on

additional servers in the domain

 Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the administrative group level

 Exchange Server 5.5 Site Administrator (if installing into an Exchange Server 5.5 site)

 Local Machine Administrator

Install the first instance of a

connector

 Exchange Full Administrator applied at the organization level

For more information about managing and delegating permissions and user and group authorities, see the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47617)

Exchange Server 2003 Security Considerations

Before installing Exchange Server 2003 in your organization, it is

important that you are familiar with your organization's security

requirements Familiarizing yourself with these requirements helps ensure that your Exchange Server 2003 deployment is as secure as possible For more information about planning Exchange Server 2003 security, see the following guides:

 Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Messaging System

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47584)

 Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47578)

Exchange Server Deployment Tools

Exchange Server Deployment Tools are tools and documentation that lead you through the entire installation or upgrade process To ensure that all of the required tools and services are installed and running

properly, it is recommended that you run Exchange Server 2003 Setup through the Exchange Server Deployment Tools

Note:

You must download the latest version of the Exchange Server

Deployment Tools before you run them To receive the latest version of the tools, see the Downloads for Exchange Server 2003 Web site

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=25097)

For detailed steps about how to start the Exchange Server Deployment Tools, see How to Start the Exchange Server Deployment Tools After you

start the tools and specify that you want to follow the process for New

Exchange Server 2003 Installation, you are provided with a checklist

detailing the following installation steps:

 Verify that your organization meets the specified requirements

 Install and enable the required Windows services

 Run the DCDiag tool

 Run the NetDiag tool

 Run ForestPrep

 Run DomainPrep

 Run Exchange Setup

With the exception of running the DCDiag and NetDiag tools, each of these installation steps is detailed later in this topic For more information about the DCDiag and NetDiag tools, refer to the Exchange Server

Deployment Tools It is recommended that you run the DCDiag and

NetDiag tools on every server on which you plan to install Exchange

Server 2003

When you use Exchange Server Deployment Tools, you can run specific tools and utilities to verify that your organization is ready for the

Exchange Server 2003 installation If you do not want to run Exchange Server Deployment Tools, read the remaining sections in this topic for information about manually installing Exchange Server 2003

System-Wide Requirements for Exchange Server 2003

Before you install Exchange Server 2003, ensure that your network and servers meet the following system-wide requirements:

 Domain controllers are running Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows Server 2003

 Global catalog servers are running Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows Server 2003 It is recommended that you have a global catalog server in every domain where you plan to install Exchange Server 2003

 Domain Name System (DNS) and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) are configured correctly in your Windows site

 Servers are running Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

For more information about Windows 2000 Server, Windows

Server 2003, Active Directory, and Domain Name System (DNS), see the following resources:

 Windows 2000 Help

 Windows Server 2003 Help

 Best Practice Active Directory Design for Exchange 2000

Server(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=17837)

 Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Messaging System

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47584)

Server-Specific Requirements for Exchange Server 2003

Before you install Exchange Server 2003, ensure that your servers meet the requirements that are described in this section If your servers do not meet all the requirements, Exchange Server 2003 Setup will stop the installation

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum and recommended hardware

requirements for Exchange Server 2003 servers:

 Intel Pentium or compatible 133 megahertz (MHz) or faster processor

 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum, 128 MB

supported minimum

 500 MB of available disk space on the drive on which you install

Exchange

 200 MB of available disk space on the system drive

 CD-ROM drive

 SVGA or higher-resolution monitor

For more information about hardware requirements for front-end and back-end servers, see the guide Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange

2000 Server Front-End and Back-End Server Topology Guide

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47567)

File Format Requirements

To install Exchange Server 2003, disk partitions must be formatted for NTFS file system and not for file allocation table (FAT) This requirement applies to the following partitions:

 System partition

 Partition that stores Exchange binaries

 Partitions containing transaction log files