One of the Exchange2003 deployment diagrams under Win2003

Exchange 2003 is the first Exchange system that is fully consolidated with Windows 2003 and its installation process is relatively complex.

Let's look at the whole process of installing Exchange2003 under Windows 2003 in a graphical way.

If Exchange2003 cannot update the SP1 patch package, install the Windowsserver2003-kb831464-x86-chs.exe patch first. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831464

In the correct order of installing EXCHANGE2K3SP2 on the basis of WIN2K3SP1, the practice is win2k3=>exchange2k3=>windowsserver2003-kb831464-x86-chs.exe= >exchange2k3sp1=>exchange2k3sp2=>win2k3sp1 in this order, there will be no error prompts during the installation process.

In addition, the EXCHANGE2K3 server shutdown is slow, some lasts 15-30 minutes, the test proposal to close the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, shutdown time is 2-5 minutes.

1. Create Exchange Administrator account

Before you install the Exchange Server, first create the first administrator account for your Exchange organization to specifically manage the installation and resources for your Exchange server later. First create a user in AD, and then add this user to the Domain Admins and the local Administrators group.

Then log on to the domain server with the Exchange Administrator account you just created, insert the Exchange 2003 installation disc, and the following interface appears if your optical drive supports AutoPlay. If not, you can click on the Setup.exe under the CD to pull up the following interface.