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[ MS Exchange, Taught by Jawad Safari ]
Assignment, February, 2016
Submitted by Ratan Mohapatra
1. Install 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 Data Center virtual machines (VM), by cloning from a single
installation.
2. Install a Windows 8.1 machine and create the CL machine
3. Machine DC1:
 Basic configurations: Rename as DC1, set a firewall to allow ping, set the NIC ipconfig as follows.

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 Install Active Directory Domain Services (AD) and promote the server to be a domain controller
(DC). I developed the following composite script for an unattended installation that uses the
default pass word of Pa$$w0rd, although one can change it to a more realistic one in the script.
4. Machine xChange:
 The basic setup was similar to that of DC1 with the following parameters.
 Pre-requisites: Installation of Exchange Server 2013 requires the following steps. To streamline
the procedure and save time, I have combined them into a script.
i. Adding server roles/features
ii. Install 3 filters (restart xChange)
iii. Prepare the AD Schema (restart DC1)
iv. Install Exchange Server either from GUI or by the unattended script as below.

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Prepare the ADSchema:
Unattended Installation of the Exchange Server:

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Accessing the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) from the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) web app.