We know that nowadays everything with IT is moving towards cloud computing. But many companies prefer their email to be on-premise due to privacy concerns.
To support such clients Microsoft recently launched a preview for Exchange 2019 which is designed to work with the Windows core server, one of the most secure environments.
Microsoft has just launched a preview for this version. As per the news, there will be an announcement for this at Microsoft Ignite 2018. Today we will test installation and configuration of Exchange Server 2019 on Server 2019 Core.
It's just a preview and we don’t have system prerequisites, so we will follow the Exchange 2016 for now.
Download required setup for installation
We need two servers to set up our Exchange 2019.
- Active Directory Domain Controller
- Exchange server
As Microsoft recommends using core server to install Exchange 2019 we will use full Windows Core setup for this test.
First, we need to set up a Windows Core server (Installation help) then we will create Active Directory on Core (Configuration help).
Once Active Directory is up and running we will go for the next step, installation and configuration of Exchange Server 2019.
We will install one more Windows core server.
Now, we will prepare the server for Exchange 2019.
- System Name
- Static IP
- Remote
- Join Domain
We will use sconfig command to change all of the names as per your set up:
Enabling Remote
Join the Domain and Reboot the server.
Active Directory Preparation
Before we start the installation for Exchange 2019 we need to prepare the Domain.
We will use the following PowerShell command to install the OS component required for Microsoft UCMA 4.0 and the OS component required for Active Directory Preparation.
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation, RSAT-ADDS
We will mount Exchange 2019 ISO to the AD and prepare an AD for Exchange using PowerShell.
Prepare Scheme using the following command
.\Setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Prepare AD using
./Setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:"TeamMicro" /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Exchange Installation
Now, will start exchanging the Installation copy of all the software to the server where we need to install the exchange.
Using PowerShell we will copy all the data.
From the base system
$ip = “10.0.64.3”
$s = New-PSsession –ComputerName $ip –Credential teammicro\administrator
Copy-Item –ToSession –Path < location path> -Destination <Destination path>
Copy process will take some time.
Once the copy is done login to the server and start the PowerShell
First will install VC++ 2013 Redistributable,
We will now install UCMA (Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0)
Set up file is already available in Exchange 2019 ISO. Mount the ISO using the following command.
Mount-DiskImage c:\Software\ExchangeServer2019-x64.iso
The UCMA installable is located under the “UCMARedist” folder
GUI base installation so Next --> --Next> ok
After installation the server restarts.
After rebooting the server mount the Exchange .ISO image again using Mount-DiskImage.
- There are two ways you can Install Exchange 2019 GUI and PowerShell Command.
GUI is as regular Next>> Next>> Ok
PowerShell
.\Setup.exe /m:install /roles:m /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /InstallWindowsComponents
Once everything is completed we need to create a user mailbox.
To manage Exchange for the admin’s system we need to install Exchange management tools there.
.\Setup.exe /Role:ManagementTools /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
You can also manage your Exchange using Web page on Exchange Control Panel known as Exchange Admin Center.
Username and Password will be the one we use to install Exchange server,
Set Language and Time Zone.
Exchange Admin Center with all different tools to easily manage Exchange,
Next, will create Exchange mailbox users,
Fill in all the details shown below and save,
This is how the OWA page looks.
Login using Exchange Username Password.
First login looks like,
Now, your exchange is ready to use.
We have covered Installation and Configuration of Exchange server 2019 on core server 2019 with User Mailbox creation using Exchange Admin Center.
Hope this will help you to learn new technology and save you time during the configuration of new Exchange server.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Thank you for reading.