Need to be a schema admin just to install management tools???

Hello all - I'm just getting into this, and hopefully this is just a newbie
question.

We are going to do some custom Exchange 2007 provisioning and our intent is
to wrap calls to the management tools PSCmdlets in our own C# class. So my
first thought is I need to get the Exchange Management Tools installed. This
is 32 bit development on a XP SP2. I tried the instructions here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555841, but when we get to the
Readiness Checks we get the following

Summary: 2 item(s). 1 succeeded, 1 failed.

Elapsed time: 00:01:53





Management Tools Prerequisites

Completed



Elapsed Time: 00:00:08





Organization Prerequisites

Failed



Error:

The Active Directory Schema must be modified and this user account has
insufficient permissions. It must be a member of both the 'Schema Admins'
and 'Enterprise Admins' groups.

Recommended Action:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.3&id=2fafe5d4-04e0-4c5a-a69f-7613d438131f



Error:

Global updates need to be made to Active Directory, and this user account is
not a member of the 'Enterprise Admins' group.

Recommended Action:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.3&id=fb97f691-d7c3-40b6-8515-95fd489db46e



Error:

The local domain needs to be updated. You must be a member of the 'Domain
Admins' and 'Exchange Organization Administrators' group, or 'Enterprise
Admins' group to continue.

Recommended Action:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.3&id=57887854-be52-43eb-9549-e854e4dbe33b



Error:

Setup needs to contact the Active Directory schema master but this computer
is not in the same Active Directory domain as the schema master
(DC=XXX,DC=XXXXXXX,DC=com).

Recommended Action:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.3&id=2376fec1-b9ce-44db-beb6-cb9ac4788988



Error:

Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory:
Exchange organization-level objects have not been created, and setup cannot
create them because the local computer is not in the same domain and site as
the schema master. Run setup with the /prepareAD parameter on a computer in
the domain XXX and site Puget-Sound, and wait for replication to complete.



Warning:

The Active Directory schema will be upgraded if you continue. Verify that
the organization is ready for Exchange 2007 by running the Exchange 2007
Readiness Check, which is part of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer.





Elapsed Time: 00:00:06



These purported requirements are untenable. What is the recommended approach
for developing custom code against the maangement PSCmdlets, and what are
the development environment requirements?



Thanks, Steve Schuler


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