Step By step Guide For Installing Microsoft Exchange 2013 on 2012 server

Step By step Guide For Installing Microsoft Exchange 2013 on 2012 server

1. Install  2012 server in VMware Workstation/ Microsoft VPC/ Oracle Virtual box.

2.  After fulfilling Active Directory  Requirement . Install Active Directory by using server manager console.

            I have created a domain name Microsoft. local and machine name is Ex

            So My FQDN is  ex.microsoft.local

3.  Now install   Pre-requisite for Exchange 2013

4. Open Power Shell and run the following script  

re AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, 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

 It looks like

 It will start to install all the necessary services  such as

Once it finished it will prompt for rebooting the systems  such as

5.  Now Install

1. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack 64 bit
2. Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 64 bit

It looks like

Click next

Select Agreement and click next

So we have installed Microsoft Office Filter pack for exchange .
After Installing Office filter pack we have to install one more plugin that is
Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime
It looks like

Once you click the software package It will start to install like

Then Click next

Again Click Next and finish it.

We have installed all the necessary requirements for Exchange 2013. Now we are moving towards Exchange setup. First extract all the exchange 2013  setup files from downloaded exchange 2013 such as

Now we extracted all the files in folder called Ex and run the setup file such as 

Just follow the wizard as

Click next and next wizard will appeared as

Again next

Once it finished then Installation phase will be started such as

Just next

Accept License Agreement and select next

Here select Use Recommended Settings and click next

Now Check the Roles such as Mailbox Role and client Access Role and click next

And choose  the database location  I have choose it as default. and click next

Let it be default name or we can change it and click next

Check yes Button and next

It is checking per-requisite configuration and it will generate some warning. Just ignore it and go for install

It will started to install Exchange Server 2013 . There are 15 steps . After completing 15 steps Exchange 2013 is ready .

Now we can send and received  mail from users.

Thanks
Enjoy Exchange 2013.