Install Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging Beta

On April 14, 2009, Microsoft released a beta version of Exchange Server 2010.  To expand on Scott Schnoll’s blog on How to Install Exchange Server 2010 Beta, this topic will discuss how to install the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server Role.
To install the Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Server Role on a Windows Server 2008 operating system, the following prerequisites must be installed first:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• Windows Remote Management ( WinRM ) 2.0 Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3)
• Windows PowerShell V2 CTP3
• Update from KB 951725
• Extensions for ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
• IIS 7.x Prerequisites
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
• Microsoft Windows Media Player Audio/Video Codecs
ServerManagerCmd -i Desktop-Experience

Exchange Server 2010 also supports installing the above pre-requisites by using an Answer File with ServerManagerCmd, and answer files are included in the \Scripts folder.  To use them, you run ServerManagerCmd -ip <Name of File>.  For example:
ServerManagerCmd -ip Exchange-UM.XML
For more information about the requirements for Exchange Server 2010, see Exchange 2010 System Requirements.
For purposes of this demonstration, all Exchange 2010 Server Roles will be installed on one physical lab server.  The Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access Server roles have already been installed beforehand.
Launch Setup.exe from the installation folder and select Step 4: Install Microsoft Exchange.

In the Exchange Maintenance Mode window, click Next.

In the Exchange Server 2010 Setup window, select Unified Messaging Server Role.  If necessary, change the paths of the Specify the path for the Exchange Server installation files and Specify the path for the Exchange Server installation fields.  Click Next.

The system and server will be checked for the prerequisites mentioned at the beginning of this blog.

Once all readiness checks have successfully passed, the Readiness Checks window will be displayed.  Click Install.

While Setup is progressing, a Progress window will be displayed.

Once Setup has completed successfully, the Completion window will be displayed.

Click Finish to complete the installation of the Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging Server role.
If necessary, select Step 5: Get Critical Updates for Microsoft Exchange to download and install the latest patches, hotfixes, and upgrades for Exchange Server 2010 Beta.

At this point, you can launch the Exchange Management Console to begin configuring the Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging Server role.

We will cover the configuration in another blog posting in the near future.  In the meantime, you can read about all the new features in Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging here:

• Voice Mail with Unified Messaging

Also, check out this video:

• Exchange 2010 Videos: What’s New in Unified Messaging
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Installation Of Exchange server 2010

Introduction
Just got my hands on this latest new messaging product from Microsoft, and this has been one of the most anticipated products - Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta (code named Exchange 14). You may can find the download link here, if you wish to test this out in your environment.
Design Diagram @MyLab

Below is the Exchange Server 2010 design in my Lab setup, all the servers are virtualized.

Prerequisites

Before installing Exchange Server 2010, here are the prerequisites to be installed in all the servers

1. Net Framework 3.5
2. Powershell 2.0 CTP 3
3. Windows Remote Management

The above three components must be installed regardless of which role you wish to install.
Step by Step
1. Prepare your forest and organization in Active Directory
First you need to do the Schema preparation. Since this is a fresh new setup in the lab, I will perform the preparation on domain controller

Run Setup from the directory where your Exchange 2010 installation files are located. Here is the cmdlets

Setup /PrepareSchema or Setup /ps

*If you are running the prep process on the computer which is member of the forest or domain, and the OS is Windows Server 2008, you need to install the following component before executing the prep.

ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS

Below screen capture shows that its completed.

Next, you will need to prep the domain and organization. Here is the cmdlet

Setup /p /on:SG or Setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:SG (where SG is my organization name in the Lab)

Now we have done the initial preparation. The forest and domain are ready to have the first Exchange 2010 server installed.
2. Install first Exchange 2010 server
We will do that on server "Bugis" which will have Client Access Role, Transport Role and Mailbox Role. But we will eventually remove the Mailbox role and deploy DAG on server "Outram", "Redhill" and "Dover". There is a reason behind why I choose to have 3 mailbox servers to form a DAG. That will be discussed in my future articles soon.
There are additional components needed before Exchange installation.,
As my first Exchange server is a combination all the 3 roles mentione above, I used the following command (refer the below screen capture)

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server Web-Metabase Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console Web-Basic-Auth Web-Windows-Auth Web-Net-Ext Web-Digest-Auth Web-Dyn-Compression NET-HTTP-Activation Web-ISAPI-Ext RPC-over-HTTP-proxy RSAT-ADDS

Here is the break down of what you will need to install in role level.
Client Access Role

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server Web-Metabase Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console Web-Basic-Auth Web-Windows-Auth Web-Net-Ext Web-Digest-Auth Web-Dyn-Compression NET-HTTP-Activation Web-ISAPI-Ext RPC-over-HTTP-proxy RSAT-ADDS

Transport Role

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server Web-Metabase Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console Web-Basic-Auth Web-Windows-Auth Web-Net-Ext RSAT-ADDS

Mailbox Role

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server Web-Metabase Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console Web-Basic-Auth Web-Windows-Auth Web-Net-Ext RSAT-ADDS

*For Mailbox Role, you have to install another component call "MSFilter Pack"
After the installation, you are required to perform restart server.

There are some updates & fixes need to be applied in specific.

Client Access Role
KB951725, KB950888, KB952664, KB953290
Transport Role
KB951725, KB950888, KB952664
Mailbox Role
KB951725, KB950888, KB952664

Now we are truly ready for the installation. I will not talk about installation using UI, because I prefer using command line.
Execute the command as shown in the screen capture below.

Here are the definitions of the parameters

/m = /mode
/r = /role, /roles
H = Transport or you can use HT
C = Client Access or you can use CA
M = Mailbox or you can use MB

Just hit "Enter" and sit back enjoy your coffee or newspaper. :-)

Voila, you have now completed the installation and enjoy. (below are the two screenshots of new Exchange Management Console and OWA after installation)