Exchange Server 2019 on Windows Server 2019 Core

Running Exchange 2019 on Windows Server 2019 Core, is the “new” preferred way to run Exchange, because of the better performance with core, fewer updates and the smaller attack surface! So let’s get a Windows Server 2019 Core up and running, choose to installed it without Desktop Experience! Billedresultat for Windows Server 2019 core installation

After installation, you will be asked to change password, then after that, you will get the command prompt, go and launch SCONFIG:

Setup the following:

Computer name
Enable remote Desktop
Set static IP, gateway and DNS
Join the domain
Activate Windows
Download and install updates
Reboot for the last time

After reboot, we need to do a few things before running the install: 1. Enable File Sharing To get the Exchange ISO transferred to the core server “netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”File and Printer Sharing” new enable=Yes” Then access the Exchange server share from remote server with the Exchange ISO: Start –> Run –> \\EXCH01\c$

Create folder !INSTALL
Copy Exchange 2019 ISO to that folder
Rename ISO from the long name to ex. EXCH2019.iso

2. Mounting the Exchange Server 2019 ISO Now to mount the Exchange Server 2019 ISO, run the following commands: Start powershell with “powershell” at the prompt, wait for [PS C:\Users…] prompt, then: Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath “C:\!INSTALL\EXCH2019.iso” 3. Installing UCMA runtime 4.0 To install UCMA runtime 4.0 as required by the setup of Exchange you can navigate to the UCMARedist folder in the ISO and run the setup.exe file, then run the graphical installer. 4. Installing Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package This package is not on the ISO, so go and download it and run afterwards (Download from remote server and copy to core server as the ISO, is easiest” https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=40784 5. Install the Server media Foundation Feature Run this: “Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation” 6. Install Exchange Server 2019 Now go to the drive of the mounted ISO it could be D: or E:, then run the following to run in unattended mode Setup.EXE /Mode:Install /InstallWindowsComponents /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /Roles:MB This will install Exchange 2019 with all prerequisites automatically! Then you should see the installation move on it’s way: Installation And Configuration Of Exchange 2019 On Core 2019 After completion, reboot the server, and try to connect to OWA and ECP like usual.