How to install Exchange 2007 on active node

[Sori]

I would like to know that how can install Exchange 2007 on my machine. Can any body tell me that how to install Exchange 2007 on the active node and passive node? Does any body have any idea about it? Let me know the correct way of doing it? Any kind of help on the above issue would be greatly appreciated.

[Milton.J]

First of all you cannot rename a domain after you have exchange 2007 installed. One of the bigger requirements is that Exchange 2007 requires the domain functional level to be at Windows 2000 native mode. However, you can install an Exchange 2007 server into the existing Exchange organization and then move the Exchange resources, such as mailboxes, public folders, and connectors to Exchange 2007.

[Spyrus]

The Active Directory Schema upgrade must be performed to support Exchange 2007. In order to install Exchange 2007 the server must be running Windows Server 2003 x64 and have SP1 installed. You can install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 64 Bit version to temporarily host the exchange 2003 x86 server for removal only, then remove once the clean up steps that Deli pointed out have been completed and best practice analyzer confirms a clean environment. You must also install the .NET 2.0 Framework and MMC 3.0 but if you do not have these two components installed, you can install them during setup.

[Snake08]

For that you need to double-click on the Setup.exe on the network share or the DVD media containing the Exchange 2007 setup files. Exchange 2007 no longer requires the IIS SMTP and NNTP services installed as it has its own built in SMTP server and, for messages being transported between Exchange 2007 servers with the organization, uses MAPI. The Exchange Server 2007 Installation Wizard splash screen will launch, and then you need to click on install .NET Framework 2.0,. Afterwards you need to install Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and then need to install Windows PowerShell have already been completed. Depending on the role or roles installed on the server, different components are required.