
In case you plan to prepare the active directory before the installation of exchange server 2013 then follow the steps listed below.ġ) On the Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1, launch the powershell. We will be doing the Active Directory preparation during the setup.

The Active Directory preparation can be done before you start installing Exchange Server or it can be done during first Exchange Server 2013 setup.


If you are installing the Exchange server 2013 for the first time then the Active Directory needs to be prepared. The lab setup is simple and the machine info is listed below in the table. In this post we will see how to install Exchange server 2013. The Exchange Server 2013 setup is very simple and Microsoft has released Deployment Assistant for Exchange Server 2013 which is a web-based tool that asks you a few questions about your current environment and then generates a custom step-by-step checklist that will help you deploy Exchange.

I would recommend installing the exchange 2013 server in lab first and before you start installing Exchange server 2013 please read about Exchange Server 2013 Prerequisites. After the release of Exchange server 2013 many of the IT professionals have started testing the Exchange 2013 in their labs and thinking about the upgrade.
