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Prerequisites:

• Existing Exchange 2007 Servers must have SP2 installed.
• Existing Exchange 2003 Servers must have SP2 installed.
• Exchange Organization is set to Native Mode.
• At least one Global Catalog in each AD site must be Server 2003 with SP2.
• Active Directory Forest Functionality must be at least Windows Server 2003.
• Exchange 2010 cannot be installed on a RODC.
• Verify the existing Exchange 2003 Server does not have a SMTP Smart Host configured.
• Verify network with Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer.
• Possible Got Ya’s: Exchange 2010 requires client encryption and Outlook 2003 slow to delete email messages.

Required Software:

• From PowerShell on the server where Exchange will be installed.
• Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned – This will allow PowerShell scripts created on the server to be run on the server.
• Import-Module servermanager
• Save the command below to a .PS1 file extension. (Command below needs to be on a single line)
• add-WindowsFeature Net-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,WEB-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Metabase,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
• Change to the directory of the PowerShell script you just created.
• Enter .\SriptName.ps1
• After the Reboot, configure Net.TCP port sharing service.  Enter – Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic

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Prerequisites:

• Exchange Org must be set to “Native Mode” no pre-Exchange 2000 servers.
• Exchange 2000 servers must be at Service Pack 3.
• Exchange 2003 servers must be at Service Pack 2.
• Active Directory Schema Master must be a Windows 2003 DC with Service Pack 1.
• At least one Global Catalog in each site, where an Exchange 2007 Server will reside, must be Windows 2003 with Service Pack 1.
• Active Directory Domain Functional Level must set to Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003.
• Verify the existing Exchange 2000/2003 Server does not have a SMTP Smart Host configured.
• Run Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA) to verify installation requirements.

Required Software:

• MS .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0
• MMC 3.0
• Windows PowerShell 1.0
  • Required Windows Components:
    • Mailbox Server
      • Enable network COM+ access
      • IIS Service
      • WWW Service
    • Client Access Server
      • WWW Service
      • RPC over HTTP
      • ASP .NET v2.0
    • Hub Transport Server
      • SMTP and NNTP must NOT be installed

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Use ADSI Edit to remove the old Exchange Server from the Active Directory Schema.

Go to Configuration Container – Config DC – Services – Microsoft Exchange – “Org Name” – Administrative Group – First Administrative Group – Servers – “Server Name”