Creating CAS

For a lab you may want to setup multiple CAS servers to explore the effects of not having Basic Authentication enabled.

Install Windows 2012 R2 and update it.

Log onto the domain.

Install prerequisites [1]

Prepare Active Directory for Exchange 2013(may not be required): Activate these features in order in Server Manager.

1. .NET Framework 4.5.2 [2]
2. Windows Management Framework 4.0 (included with Windows Server 2012 R2) [3]
3. Open Windows PowerShell.
4. Install the Remote Tools Administration Pack.
   1. Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

Install only the Client Access server role on a computer.

1. Run the following command to install the required Windows components.
   1. 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

1. After you've installed the operating system roles and features, install the following software in the order shown:
   1. .NET Framework 4.5.2 [4]
   2. Windows Management Framework 4.0 (included with Windows Server 2012 R2) [5]
   3. Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit [6]

Install CAS [7]