to perform before installing exchange server 2003

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to detail the tasks to perform before installing exchange server 2003.   Pre-Installation Tasks: Prior to installing Exchange Server 2003, there are certain Windows Server 2003 components that must be enabled on the server because of the level of integration Exchange has with Active Directory and the Windows operating systems. We have already discuss the hardware and software requirements for installing Exchange Server 2003. You can check the following article for detail information: Hardware and Software Requirements for Exchange Server 2003   Exchange 2003 Setup requires that the following components and services be installed and enabled on the server: .NET Framework ASP.NET Internet Information Services (IIS) World Wide Web Publishing Service Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service   The configuration will vary depending on whether your server platform is Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003.   Installing Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2000 If you are installing Exchange Server 2003 onto a server running Windows 2000 Server, Setup automatically installs and enables the .NET Framework and ASP.NET services. This is because these services were not available when Windows 2000 Server was released. You must install the World Wide Web Publishing Service, the SMTP service, and the NNTP service manually before running Exchange Server 2003 Installation Wizard.   Installing Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 has the .NET Framework built into the operating system and has ASP.NET available through the Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard, the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard will not install these components on that platform. Instead, you must manually enable these components on Windows Server 2003. In Windows Server 2003, none of the above-mentioned services are installed and enabled, so you must add all of them.   To install IIS prerequisites for Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 Follow these steps 1.       Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. 2. In Add or Remove Programs, click Add/Remove Windows Components. 3. In Windows Component Wizard, on the Windows Components page, highlight Application Server, and then click Details. 4. In Application Server, select the ASP.NET check box. 5. Highlight Internet Information Services (IIS), and then click Details. 6. In Internet Information Services (IIS), select the NNTP Service, SMTP Service, and World Wide Web Service check boxes, and then click OK. 7. In Application Server, ensure that the Internet Information Services (IIS) check box is selected, and then click OK to install the components. 8. Click Next, and when the Windows Components Wizard completes, click Finish.   ASP is a component of IIS, you must enable ASP in the Internet Information Services console even though it is installed. To enable ASP.NET service Follow these steps 1.       Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 2. In the console tree, expand the local computer, and then click Web Service Extensions. 3. In the details pane, click ASP.NET, and then click Allow.

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