In part one of our Exchange 2016 lab series we:
- Explored the options for building an Exchange lab
- Reviewed the requirements for Exchange 2016
- Built the Exchange 2016 virtual machine
- Installed the base operating system with all updates
In the second part of our Exchange lab series we will:
- Install Exchange 2016 mailbox server prerequisites
- Extend the Active Directory schema for Exchange 2016
Let’s get started!
Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server Prerequisites
First, let’s get the operating system core components installed. To do this open a PowerShell console as the administrator.
Then issue the following command.
Update: If using Windows Server 2016, drop the AS-HTTP-Activation component from the command.
C:\> Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Server-Media-Foundation, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation
This command may seem like a lot but in essence, it can be grouped into 4 sets of components being installed.
- .NET 4.5 support
- Internet Information Service (IIS)
- Windows Failover Clustering