Exchange Server Patching

As we’ve mentioned before, you must patch Exchange 2007 to the very latest Service Pack and Update Rollup before you attempt to do anything with Exchange 2013.

Download and install these patches from here:

• Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3
  
• Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 10
  

   

   

   

  

  

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  Preparing server for ex2013
  

  Server prerequisites
  

  Install the following

  Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 prerequisites

  Mailbox client access server Roles
  

  Open PowerShell

  Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation
  

   

  Then restart
  

  

  After installing feature

  Install the following
  

  Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime
  

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354(v=exchg.150).aspx

  

  

   

  Edge transport Role
  

  Install-WindowsFeature ADLDS
  

   

   

  Preparing the domain
  

  Permissions required:
  

  Your login id must have following group membership:
  

           Domain Admins
  

           Schema Admins
  

           Enterprise Admins
  

          Organization management if any (2010/2007) exchange org exist.
  

   
   

  Open power shell run the following command

  Install-windowsfeature RSAT-ADDS
  

  

  First extract the installation files
  

  Choose directory to extract

  

   

   

  Prepare the schema
  

  Then open command Prompt

  Go to the location of the installation file

  setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

  

  PrepareAD

  setup.exe /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /OrganizationName:PGesco
  

  

   

  PrepareDomain
  

  setup.exe /PrepareDomain /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
  

  

  Restart

  Check the following before installation

  The replication

  Go to cmd and run the command “repadmin /replsum” and check for error
  

  If replication is fine we can continue
  

   

  Installing EX2013Sp1
  

  Run the setup.exe and you will see the below screen
  

  

   

  

  

   

  Choose the Roles and un check the automatic roles and feature
  

  

  Malware protection
  

  

  Readiness check
  

  

   

  Installation starts
  

  

   

   

   

  Moving mailboxes from 2007 to 2013
  

  First create database