Exchange Server 2010 part3: Installing in an Existing Exchange 2003 organization

In the first post about Exchange 2010, I talked about some key features and the prerequisites needed to deploy Exchange 2010.

http://tariqjaber.com/blog/2010/02/01/exchange-server-2010-part1-features-and-prerequisites

In the second post I prepared the organization for Exchange 2010 to coexist with Exchange 2003.

http://tariqjaber.com/blog/2010/02/03/exchange-server-2010-part2-preparing-an-existing-exchange-2003-organization-for-exchange-2010/

In this part we will go through the installation process.

After preparing the domain and installing the prerequisites for Exchange 2010 we can start the installation wizard. In the first page we are choosing the language option. I’ll select “Install only languages from DVD” this will install English language support.

Select “Install Microsoft Exchange”

Click Next, accept the terms and in the error reporting page choose yes if you want to enable Exchange Error Reporting to automatically send errors to Microsoft.

In the Installation Type page, I’ll choose Custom Exchange Server Installation because in my lab I’ll install Hub Transport and Client Access server roles on this server, then we will install Mailbox role on other server.

Now select Client Access Role and Hub Transport Role and choose the installation path.

Now we are in the Configure Client Access server external domain, if this Client Access server will be internet-facing and used for Outlook Web App, ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere then enter the domain name that the clients will use.

Because we are installing Exchange 2010 in an existing Exchange 2003 environment, the Mail Flow Settings page appeared to select the Exchange 2003 server to be used for the routing group connection creation.

In the following page you are invited to join Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

Now the wizard will check the system for Exchange prerequisites.

After the Readiness Checks succeed, the installation takes place and starts

Now we have Hub Transport and Client Access server roles installed. Next step is to test the coexistence with Exchange 2003. This will be in the next post.