Re: Windows Server 2008 w/Exchange 2007 Authentication on Active D

What is the first step I should take? Install Exchange? OR Install Active
Directory?

I already have DNS and DHCP setup on the 1st server, but I have now
reinstalled the OS's on the 2nd and 3rd servers (Exchange and AD servers).

I assume, I will install Active Directory first.
Then I will install Exchange.

What about Prepare Active Directory and Domains? I read the article, but am
running the prepare/AD function on the Exchange server or the Active
Directory server?

I just need a start to finish guide or something... But every article I find
on Technet, or Microsoft says I have to follow some other article... I just
want to make sure I take the right steps in the right order.



Let me clear that up for you:

1st Server
DNS server - Win Svr 2003 Ent

2nd Server
Active Directory server - Win Svr 2003 Ent

3rd Server
Exchange 2007 sp1 server - Win Svr 2008 Ent x64





"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

Hello netadmin07,

For the installation part you have to run the setup from exchange with "run
as administrator", even if the account you created is in the domain admin
group. To install this you need elevated priviliges.

Just to get your setup correct:
1x 2003 member server as DNS server
1x 2008 Domain controller without DNS installed, personally i prefer to have
DNS installed with AD integrated zones on all my DC's
1x 2008 member server for exchange 2007, it has to be 2007 with SP1 to run
correctly on 2008.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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We are setting up a new test LAN. These are brand new servers, and
brand
new
installations of OS, AD, and Exchange, as well as, we are setting up
a
test
DNS box for this test LAN.
The main problem we are facing is:

We install DNS on 1 box, then on another box we setup Active
Directory
with
the Domain. We then create an Admin user and assign that user all
the
rights
needed to administer the Exchange installation and management for
Exchange.
(member of the domain admin and schema admin groups in AD)
However, it appears to be a permission issue, because when I try to
run
the
setup utility to install Exchange with the account we setup - it
errors
out
saying "Setup has encountered an error and has to close". But, if we
use
the
local Administrator account, we do not get that error, and it starts
installing, but fails at the prerequisite checks saying, "the account
has
to
be logged onto the domain." "Unable to contact the domain" and so
on. I
have given the account we created on the domain full admin rights
locally,
as
well as at the domain level, and added to all the necessary groups,
but we
still get the same issue.
Server specs:

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Exchange 2007), Dell 2950 Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise (Active Directory), Dell 1950 Windows Server
2003 Enterprise (DNS, DHCP), Test Server

At this point, I was planning on re-installing both OS's (the
exchange and AD OS) and starting over.

Thanks for any help,
Mike



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