Installing Exchange 2003 in Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Stopped Providing Downloads for “Exchange 2003 Sp1” Long back

Installiing Exchange 2003 with SP2 setup is not possible as its only a upgrade Setup

Step 1.

Installing Prerequisites

Start – Run – appwiz.cpl – “Add or Remove Windows Components”

Choose these Prerequisites (Asp.net ,IIS , SMTP ,NNTP , WWW)

Click ok

Install the prerequisites

Step 2.

Run the “Setup.exe” in the i386 folder

Step 3.

Choose “Typical”

Step 4.

“Create a Organization “

Step 5.

By Default the Org Name will be “First Organization”

Step 6.

Choose Next

Step 7.

You can ignore this pop up – It speaks about Security Groups of windows 2000

Step 8.

Setup will do a “Domain prep” and “Forest Prep” automatically

Step 9.

Click “Finish”

Great !!

You learnt to Install Exchange 2003 Now