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- Create Snapshots of Current AD Servers, Current Mail Server, and of both new servers that will become the exchange servers
- Pause Backups that may occur
- Install IIS role with prerequisites, Office 2010 Filter Pack, RSAT with AD DS, AD LDS, and CLI Tools
- Login to server as Enterprise Admin
Run the following commands to prepare the domain:
Code Block theme Emacs language powershell Setup.com /PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions Setup.com /PrepareSchema Setup.com /PrepareAD Setup.com /PrepareDomain
- Run the installer to install the appropriate roles
- Reboot the server to apply all new settings
Open the MGMT console and install the key:
Code Block theme Emacs language powershell set-exchangeserver -Identity 'SERVER' -ProductKey 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'
- Change firewall settings
- Update DNS Records so old server points to legacy.company.com and new server points to mail.company.com
Change Pointers for Exchange Web Services on CAS Server Role:
Code Block theme Emacs language powershell Set-OWAVirtualDirectory "SERVER\owa (Default Web Site)" -ExternalURL https://mail.company.com/OWA -Exchange2003URL https://legacy.company.com/exchange Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity "server" -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI https://mail.company.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -identity "SERVER\EWS (Default Web Site)" -ExternalUrl https://mail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -BasicAuthentication:$True Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -identity "SERVER\EWS (Default Web Site)" -ExternalUrl https://mail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -InternalNLBBypassUrl https://mail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -BasicAuthentication:$True Set-OutlookProvider -Identity EXPR -CertPrincipalName msstd:*.company.com
Install Mailbox Role on second Server