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.

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]