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Licensing an Exchange 2007 ServerUnlike Exchange Server 2000 and 2003, you have to license Exchange Server 2007.. By default, Exchange Server 2007 has a built-in time bomb 120 days, as y

Licensing an Exchange 2007 Server

Unlike Exchange Server 2000 and 2003, you have to license Exchange Server 2007 By default,

Exchange Server 2007 has a built-in time bomb (120 days), as you will notice the fi rst time

you launch the Exchange Management Console, when you will be presented with a dialog box

similar to the one shown in Figure 2.23

If you purchased and have a Standard or Enterprise product key ready, now is a good time to

license your Exchange 2007 server

Figure 2.23 The License Warning

NOTE

You will not be able to license a 32-bit version of Exchange Server 2007 because this version is meant for testing and other evaluation purposes

Figure 2.24 Selecting the Exchange 2007 Servers That Are to Be Licensed

3 In the Enter Product Key Wizard , enter your product key license and click Enter

(see Figure 2.25)

To license an Exchange Server 2007 server, you will need to perform the following steps:

1 Open the Exchange Management Console, then select the Server Confi guration work

center node

2 You will be presented with a list of Exchange 2007 servers in your Exchange organization

in the work pane Select the server you want to license and click Enter Product Key

in the Actions pane on the right (see Figure 2.24)

Figure 2.25 Entering the Product Key

4 On the Completion page , click Finish (see Figure 2.26).

NOTE

If you’re licensing an Exchange 2007 Enterprise Server with the Mailbox server role

installed, you need to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service

for the change to be refl ected in the EMC

To verify that an Exchange 2007 Server has been properly licensed, you can open the Properties page for the respective server If the server is licensed, you’ll see a Product ID number under the

General tab, as shown in Figure 2.27 If it isn’t licensed, it will show Unlicensed instead of a product

ID number

Figure 2.26 Exchange 2007 Server Successfully Licensed

Figure 2.27 The Properties Page for a Licensed Exchange 2007 Server

NOTE

You can also license an Exchange 2007 server using the Exchange Management Shell

To do so, run the following command: Set-ExchangeServer –Identity Servername –

ProductKey <product key that consists of 25 digits>.