Thursday, April 2, 2015

How to Install Exchange Server 2013 on Windows 2012 64bit

Deployment of an Exchange Server 2013 server goes through three main stages.
  • Setup your first Domain Controller
  • Preparing Active Directory (if you are installing Exchange Server 2013 for the first time)
  • Installing the Exchange Server 2013 pre-requisites on the server
  • Running Exchange Server 2013 setup
SETUP YOUR FIRST DOMAIN CONTROLLER

Overview
In Windows Server 2012, dcpromo has been deprecated.
Using Server Manager (UI):
In order to make the windows server 2012 domain controller we will install ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) role from the server manager on Windows Server 2012.