Microsoft Exchange 2013 installation requirements

Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview can be downloaded here (it takes about 1.5 GB).

To install Exchange 2013 Preview requires that the Active Directory is located at least one domain controller to Windows Server 2008 and requires that in each Active Directory Site was a Global Catalog.

Exchange 2013 Preview can be installed in an environment where the level of the forest is at least Windows 2003.

During the installation of Exchange server roles, it is recommended that you first install the CAS role (Client Access Server), and MBX (Mailbox Server).

The network environment must support IPv4, IPv6 is also supported but may not be such a situation, we installed the Exchange 2013 Preview in the environment that only supports IPv6, the installation fails. So far we are probably not in danger.

As previously mentioned on our Blog, Exchange 2013 Preview does not work with Exchange 2003!

The Exchange 2013 Preview can install either the Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or on Windows Server 2012.

Depending on your platform before installing the Exchange 2013, you must first install the system for a few components:

Windows Server 2008R2 SP1:

• .NET Framework 4.5
• Windows Management Framework 3.0 RC
• UCMA 4.0
• Office 2010 Filter Pack – required for Mailbox server role
• Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 – required for Mailbox server role
• Windows Identity Foundation (KB974405)
• KB2619234
• KB2533623

Windows Server 2012:

• UCMA 4.0 Preview
• Office 2010 Filter Pack – required for Mailbox server role
• Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 – required for Mailbox server role

In addition, we have to install the Windows Features, depending on the platform used for Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview and Exchange server roles are installed on these platforms.
And so:

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 role CAS (Client Access Server):

Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS;
Import-Module ServerManager; Add-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework, NET-HTTP-Activation, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Web-Server, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 roles CAS/MBX lub MBX:

Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS; Import-Module ServerManager; Add-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework, NET-HTTP-Activation, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Web-Server, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net, 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-Ext, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI

Windows 2012 CAS role (Client Access Server):

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS; Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, 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

Windows 2012 roles CAS/MBX lub MBX:

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS; Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, 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

Furthermore, if the CAS server role installation on Windows 2012, we add a rule in the firewall to permit incoming connections on port 139th

For more about requirements for installing Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview can be found at TechNet