HowTo: Installing Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016

This howto describes the installation of Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016. Note: This article is a bit older. There is an updated version here: Create Active Directory account Windows Server 2016 relies on a stricter user separation. It is therefore not advisable to install the Exchange Server with the "Administrator" user, but to create an ... Read more

Setting up a small Exchange 2016 organization (part 2)

In part 1, the Active Directory and DNS have already been installed and configured. In the second part, the Exchange Server is now installed in the test environment. Here once again is the environment that will be set up: The IP addresses of the two servers for an overview: DC 172.16.100.12/24 Exchange: 172.16.100.13/24 In the first part, I already mentioned that I had installed the Windows ... Read more

A look behind the scenes and setting up a test environment

I often receive questions like this one (from a few collected mails): I don't have a fixed IP address, but would like to run my own Exchange server, is that possible? I want to set up an Exchange test environment at home, how do you do that? I have a very small customer who wants to use Exchange, what do I need? Since these questions ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Installation Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Technical Preview 2

Install Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Preview. I admit, this is a gimmick... But it still works: Install Winows Server Technical Preview 2 with local admin tools After the installation, the server manager starts, but no desktop, so install the desktop later: Then install the prerequisites for Exchange 2016: Install-WindowsFeature Net-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Error during installation

If you also encounter the following errors when installing Exchange 2016, I can perhaps save you a bit of searching: Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); Set-WERRegistryMarkers; " was executed: "Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningBrokerException: Error initializing the provisioning level: '"Error initializing the scripting agent: "File not found: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents\ScriptingAgentConfig.xml'.""' -> Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningException: "Error initializing ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Installation on Windows Server 2012 R2

The preview (download) of Exchange is available for download and I have started testing it. This article will first deal with the installation on a Server 2012 R2. In the first step, my test environment only consists of a domain controller on Windows Server 2012 R2 and another VM, also with Windows Server ... Read more