Conducting Preinstallation Checks on Exchange 2003

When it comes to the actual installation of Exchange 2003, you can run setup manually or you can create an unattend file so that the install can be automated for a branch office with no technical staff at the site. There are also different configurations of Exchange, such as Mailbox Server, Public Folder Server, Front-end Server, Back-end Server, and Bridgehead Server. This section covers the preinstallation tasks prior to installing the first Exchange server in the environment.

There are some changes in the Exchange 2003 setup program when compared to Exchange 2000. These changes include identical schema files in the Active Directory connector and Exchange 2003 setup, meaning that the schema ...

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