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The Enterprise edition has support for: ■ 50 Storage Groups ■ 50 databases ■ No database storage limit ■ Local Continuous Replication LCR ■ Exchange 2007 Clustering ■ Single Copy Cluster

Enterprise Edition

So what extra benefi ts will you get out of deploying an Exchange 2007 Enterprise edition in your

environment? The Enterprise edition of Exchange Server 2007 has been designed for large enterprise corporations The Enterprise edition has support for:

■ 50 Storage Groups

■ 50 databases

■ No database storage limit

■ Local Continuous Replication (LCR)

■ Exchange 2007 Clustering

■ Single Copy Clusters (SCC) using MSCS

■ Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) using MSCS

Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Licensing

Exchange 2003 and earlier versions offered only one type of Exchange Client Access License (CAL), but with Exchange 2007 we now have two types: a Standard CAL and an Enterprise CAL

Standard CAL

In addition to the features of Exchange 2003 CAL, the Exchange 2007 Standard CAL provides us

with the following:

■ Org-wide policy management

■ Cross-org mailbox search

■ Continuous Replication Technologies

■ Mail-fl ow rules

■ Server roles

Enterprise CAL

In addition to the features of Exchange 2007 Standard CAL, the Enterprise CAL provides us

with the following:

■ Unifi ed messaging

■ Per-user journaling

■ Exchange Hosted Services Filtering

■ Forefront Security for Exchange Server (Microsoft’s antivirus product, formerly known

as Antigen)

Exchange 2007 Prerequisites

Before you begin installing Exchange Server 2007, you should make sure that the computer on which you are installing the product meets the recommended hardware and software requirements

In addition, you should make sure that the Active Directory domain in which you are installing Exchange Server 2007 is confi gured with the correct functional level The minimum Windows Active Directory functional level for Exchange 2007 is Windows 2000 native mode If you are installing Exchange Server 2007 into an existing Exchange organization, it is also important to note that the organization should be running in native mode; however, since the purpose of this chapter is to show you how to install Exchange Server 2007 into a clean Active Directory forest, you really don’t need

to worry about this now

NOTE

Before you get too involved in planning the budget for a transition to Exchange 2007

in your organization, you should be aware of one very important thing Many of you who have Exchange 2003 deployed in your organizations might very well be aware of the fact that each Exchange 2003 CAL included the right to install Outlook 2003 on the devices for which these CALs were obtained You probably think this hasn’t changed a bit with Exchange 2007 CALs Think again, because Exchange Server 2007 Standard or Enterprise does not include the right to install Outlook on devices for which CALs are obtained! This means that your organization might have to wait to make the

transition to Exchange 2007 until you’re ready to deploy Offi ce 2007 as well To read more about this Exchange 2007 CAL change, visit www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/ userights/ProductPage.aspx?pid=111

IMPORTANT

The Exchange Server 2007 32-bit evaluation version is meant to be used in a test environment only and should never be used in a production environment, because it

is not supported by Microsoft The only Exchange Server 2007 component you may use in a production environment is the Exchange 2007 Management Tools

(more specifi cally, the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help fi le, and the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer tool) These can be installed on a 32-bit machine running either Windows 2003 Server with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Although the hardware and software requirements are the same, this chapter does not cover how

to install an Exchange server into an existing Exchange organization It also does not go into detail

on how you transition from Exchange 5.5, 2000, or 2003 to Exchange 2007 Instead, these topics are covered in Chapter 10

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for a production Exchange 2007 server are described in the

following sections

Processor

Exchange Server 2007 exists in both 32- and 64-bit versions, but only the 64-bit version is supported

in a production environment This means that the server hardware on which you plan to install

Exchange Server 2007 must have one of the following 64-bit processor types installed:

■ x64 architecture-based processor that supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology

(Intel EM64T)

■ x64 architecture-based computer with AMD 64-bit processor that supports AMD64 platform Note that the Intel Itanium IA64 processor is not listed, since it is not supported by Exchange

Server 2007

NOTE

If you are planning to use Exchange Server 2007 for either testing or evaluation

purposes, you can use the 32-bit evaluation version This simply requires an Intel

Pentium or compatible 800 megahertz (MHz) or faster 32-bit processor The Exchange

2007 Evaluation version can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com/exchange

Memory

The memory requirements for a 64-bit Exchange 2007 server that is to be deployed in a production environment are 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM per server However, bear in mind that those are the

minimum requirements The recommend requirements are:

■ 2GB of RAM per server plus approximately 5 megabytes (MB) of RAM per user mailbox located on the respective server

■ A paging fi le equivalent to the amount of server memory plus 10MB

Also be aware that it’s recommended to add additional memory if you’re planning to use more

than four storage groups (approximately 2GB per three storage groups)

Disk Space

Disk space requirements are as follows:

■ At least 1.2GB of disk space on the drive on which Exchange Server 2007 is to be installed

■ 200MB or more of disk space on the system drive

When installing the Unifi ed Messaging role on a server, you will also need to allocate an

additional 500MB for each Unifi ed Messaging language pack that is installed

Drives

A DVD drive isn’t really a requirement, because you can install Exchange 2007 from an attached network drive or even a mounted ISO fi le

Software Requirements

In addition to the hardware requirements, Exchange Server 2007 has some software requirements that need to be fulfi lled before you can begin your install

Operating System

When planning to install Exchange Server 2007 in a production environment, you will need

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit version with Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit version

Both Standard and Enterprise Editions are supported by the 64-bit version of Exchange Server

2007, but bear in mind that the Enterprise Edition is required if you are planning on deploying an Exchange 2007 cluster (This goes for both Single Copy Clusters and Cluster Continuous

Replication setups.)

If you plan on installing the Exchange 2007 32-bit version (for testing or evaluation purposes), you would need to install the 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Server 2003 R2

SOME INDEPENDENT ADVICE

Since Exchange 2007 can be installed on a server running either Windows Server

2003 R2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher, those of you who deal with Windows

2003 Small Business Server (SBS) are probably wondering whether Exchange 2007 will

be supported in the current edition of SBS Unfortunately, the answer is no You will have to wait for the next major release of SBS, which will be based on the Windows Longhorn server Even worse, the next version of SBS won’t be released for

approximately six to 12 months after Windows Longhorn server hits the streets

File Format

All disk partitions must be formatted with the NTFS fi le system (that’s right, FAT is, fortunately, not supported) This means that all disk partitions holding any fi les or data in the following list should

be formatted using NFTS:

■ System partition

■ Partition storing Exchange Server binaries

■ Partitions containing transaction log fi les

■ Partitions containing database fi les

■ Partitions containing other Exchange Server fi les

Software Required

The following software is required for any of the fi ve different Exchange 2007 server roles Server

roles were previously discussed in detail in Chapter 1

■ Microsoft NET Framework Version 2.0

■ Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 (bear in mind that MMC 3.0 is installed by

default when you use Windows Server 2003 R2)

■ Windows PowerShell V1.0

■ HotFix for Windows x64 (KB904639)

NOTE

If you haven’t installed NET Framework 2.0, the MMC 3.0 snap-in, or Windows

PowerShell when you launch the Exchange Server 2007 installation program, you will

be provided with links to each respective piece of software so that you can install

each separately

Required Windows Components

Depending on the Exchange 2007 server roles you plan to install, different Windows components are required before doing so This section lists each role as well as the required Windows components

Mailbox Server

The following components are required for the Mailbox server:

■ Enable network COM+ access

■ Internet Information Services

■ World Wide Web Service

Client Access Server

The following components are required for the Client Access server:

■ World Wide Web Service