Microsoft Corporation
Published: December 12, 2006
Author: Exchange Server Documentation Team
This guide provides installation and deployment information for intermediate and advanced administrators planning to deploy Exchange Server 2003.
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Exchange Server Deployment Guide 15
Introduction to the Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide 15
What Will You Learn from These Topics? 16
Who Should Read These Topics? 17
What Technologies Do These Topics Cover? 17
For More Information 17
Improvements to Exchange 2003 Setup 20
Identical schema files in Active Directory Connector and Exchange 20
Exchange Setup does not require full organization permissions 20
Exchange Setup no longer contacts the schema Flexible Single Master Operations role 21
ChooseDC switch 21
Default permissions at the organization level are assigned only once 21
Warning message appears if Exchange groups are moved, deleted, or renamed 21
Permissions to access mailboxes 21
Domain users denied local logon rights 22
Item size for public folder set by default 22
Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange ActiveSync® components installed by Setup 22
Automatic Internet Information Services version 6.0 configuration 23
Automatic IIS 6.0 configuration while upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003 24
Support for Device Update 4 (DU4) 24
Security Enhancement for Outlook Web Access 24
Installing New Exchange 2003 Servers 24
Permissions for Installing New Exchange Server 2003 Servers 25
Exchange Server 2003 Security Considerations 26
Exchange Server Deployment Tools 26
System-Wide Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 27
Server-Specific Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 28
Installing and Enabling Internet Information Services on Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 29
Running Exchange Server 2003 ForestPrep 30
Running Exchange Server 2003 DomainPrep 31
Running Exchange Server 2003 Setup 32
Unattended Setup and Installation 32
Switching from Mixed Mode to Native Mode 34
Uninstalling Exchange Server 2003 35
How to Download the Latest Deployment Tools for Exchange Server 2003 35
Procedure 36
For More Information 36
How to Start the Exchange Server Deployment Tools 36
Before You Begin 36
Procedures 37
How to Install IIS Prerequisites for Exchange Server 2003 on Windows 2000 37
Before You Begin 38
Procedure 38
How to Install IIS Prerequisites for Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 39
Before You Begin 39
Procedure 39
How to Run Exchange Server 2003 ForestPrep 42
Before You Begin 42
Procedure 42
How to Run Exchange Server 2003 DomainPrep 44
Before You Begin 45
Procedure 45
How to Install Exchange Server 2003 46
Before You Begin 47
Procedure 47
How to Create an Answer File for Running Unattended Exchange Setup 51
Before You Begin 52
Procedure 52
For More Information 53
How to Use an Answer File for Unattended Exchange Setup 53
Before You Begin 53
Procedure 54
For More Information 54
How to Convert from Mixed Mode to Native Mode in Exchange 54
Before You Begin 55
Procedure 55
For More Information 55
How to Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service 56
Procedure 56
Upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 56
Procedures for Upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003 57
Exchange 2003 Security Considerations 58
Exchange Server Deployment Tools 58
System-Wide Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 59
Server-Specific Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 59
Upgrading Front-End and Back-End Servers 61
Pre-Upgrade Procedures 61
Running Exchange 2003 ForestPrep 62
Running Exchange 2003 DomainPrep 63
Running Exchange 2003 Setup 64
Removing Exchange 2000 Server Tuning Parameters 65
Uninstalling Exchange Server 2003 67
How to Remove the Initial Memory Percentage Registry Value 67
Before You Begin 68
Procedure 68
For More Information 68
How to Remove the MPHeap Parallelism Registry Value 68
Before You Begin 69
Procedure 69
For More Information 69
How to Configure Outlook Web Access Content Expiration in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 70
Procedures 70
How to Set the msExchESEParamLogBuffers Attribute for Exchange 71
Procedure 72
For More Information 72
How to Set the msExchESEParamMaxOpenTables Attribute for Exchange Server 2003 73
Before You Begin 73
Procedure 74
For More Information 74
Migrating from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 74
You Cannot Install Exchange Server 2003 on the Same Server as Exchange Server 5.5 75
Permissions for Migrating from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 75
Exchange 2003 Security Considerations 76
Exchange Server Deployment Tools 77
Active Directory and Exchange Server 5.5 Considerations 78
Active Directory Connector 80
System-Wide Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 83
Running Exchange 2003 ForestPrep 84
Running Exchange Server 2003 DomainPrep 84
Server-Specific Requirements for Exchange Server 2003 86
Installing and Enabling Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Services 87
Running Exchange Server 2003 Setup 88
Moving Exchange Server 5.5 Mailbox and Public Folder Contents 88
Switching from Mixed Mode to Native Mode 89
Uninstalling Exchange 2003 93
How to Run the Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard 93
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