Exchange 2010

Install on Windows Server 2008 R2, there may be a way on 2012 but I couldn't find a working way of doing it quickly enough.

Links

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant [1]

Includes Windows Server 2012 [2]

Prerequisite links are handy [3]

With videos [4]

Metabase error fix [5]

got most of these from [6]

Good to know [7]

Process

Setting up Exchange 2010 for the Lab environment. This is very barebones. It is supposed to be possible to set up Exchange 2010 on a Windows Server 2012 server, it didn't work for me. All the instructions I have found set up Exchange 2010 on a Windows Server 2008 Box. Using Server 2008 R2 for this install.

1. Install Windows Server 2008 R2
2. Set IP address and computer name
3. Add VMware Tools
4. Run Windows Update, until it has no more new ones to install and snapshot
5. Add DNS role
6. Add IIS role
7. Add Active Directory Domain Services Role, promote to Domain Controller
8. Change Password Group Policy:
   1. Start/All Programs/Administrative Tools/Group Policy Management
   2. Open Forest/Domains/[your AD domain]/Default Domain Policy
   3. Right click on Default Domain Policy and select Edit...
   4. Open Computer Configuration/Policies/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Account Policies/Password Policy
   5. Right click "Password must meet complexity requirements," select Properties and disable.
9. Update and Snapshot
10. Install 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack [8]
11. Run Powershell as Administrator
    1. Run the command: Import-Module ServerManager
    2. For a typical install with the Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox roles run the following command: Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
12. After Restart Run Powershell as Administrator:
    1. Run the command:Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic
13. Update and Snapshot
14. Load the Exchange 2010 ISO and begin install.