101 and then click Next. 6. On the Component Selection page, ensure that Action is set to ForestPrep. If not, click the drop-down arrow, and then click ForestPrep. Click Next. The ForestPrep option on the Component Selection page 102 Important: If ForestPrep does not appear under Action, you may have misspelled the "ForestPrep" command in Step 2. If this is the case, go back to Step 2 and retype the command. 7. On the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator Account page, in the Account box, type the name of the account or group that is responsible for installing Exchange. Note: The account that you specify will also have permission to use Exchange Administration Delegation Wizard to create other Exchange administrator accounts. For more information about Exchange Administration Delegation Wizard, see the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=21769). The Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator Account page 103 8. Click Next to start ForestPrep. After ForestPrep starts, you cannot cancel the process. Note: Depending on your network topology and the speed of your 104 Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domain controller, ForestPrep may take a considerable amount of time to complete. 9. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish. How to Run Exchange Server 2003 DomainPrep DomainPrep creates the groups and permissions necessary for Exchange servers to read and modify user attributes in Active Directory. You must run DomainPrep before installing your first Exchange server in a domain. Before You Begin Before you perform the procedure in this topic, consider the following:  Before you run DomainPrep, you must have run ForestPrep in the forest. 105  Before you run DomainPrep, make sure the schema changes made during ForestPrep have replicated throughout the forest.  The account you use to run DomainPrep must be a member of the following groups:  Domain Administrators for the local domain  Local Machine Administrator  You must run DomainPrep in the following domains  The root domain.  All domains that will contain Exchange 2003 servers.  All domains that will contain Exchange Server 2003 mailbox- enabled objects (such as users and groups), even if no Exchange servers will be installed in these domains.  All domains that contain global catalog servers that Exchange directory access components may potentially use. 106  All domains that will contain Exchange 2003 users and groups that you will use to manage your Exchange 2003 organization.  You do not need any Exchange permissions to run DomainPrep Procedure To run Exchange 2003 DomainPrep 1. Insert the Exchange CD into your CD-ROM drive. You can run DomainPrep on any computer in the domain. 2. From a command prompt, type E:\setup\i386\setup /DomainPrep, where E is your CD-ROM drive. 3. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard page, click Next. 4. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree, and then click Next. 5. If the Product Identification page appears, type your 25-digit product key, and then click Next. 107 6. On the Component Selection page, ensure that Action is set to DomainPrep. If not, click the drop-down arrow, and then click DomainPrep. Click Next. The DomainPrep option on the Component Selection page 108 Important: If DomainPrep does not appear in the Action list, you may have misspelled the "DomainPrep" command in Step 2. If this is the case, go back to Step 2 and retype the command. 7. On the Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish. How to Install Exchange Server 2003 After planning and preparing your Exchange organization, you are ready to run Exchange 2003 Setup. This topic explains how to run Exchange Setup to install Exchange Server 2003. Before You Begin To install the first Exchange 2003 server in the forest, you must use an account that has Exchange Full Administrator permissions at the organization level and is a local administrator on the computer. 109 Specifically, you can use the account you designated while running ForestPrep or an account from the group that you designated. Important: When you deploy Exchange 2003 servers into multiple domains for the first time, verify that the installation information for the first server you install replicates to all domains before you install the next server. If installation information from the first server has not replicated to all domains, there will be replication collision issues, and that server will lose permissions for the organizational object in Active Directory. Procedure To install Exchange Server 2003 1. Log on to the server on which you want to install Exchange. Insert the Exchange Server 2003 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. On the Start menu, click Run and then type E:\setup\i386\setup, where E is your CD-ROM drive. 3. On the Welcome to the Microsoft Exchange Installation Wizard 110 page, click Next. 4. On the License Agreement page, read the agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree, and then click Next. 5. On the Product Identification page, type your 25- digit product key, and then click Next. 6. On the Component Selection page, in the Action column, use the drop-down arrows to specify the appropriate action for each component, and then click Next. The Component Selection page . domains that will contain Exchange 2003 servers.  All domains that will contain Exchange Server 2003 mailbox- enabled objects (such as users and groups), even if no Exchange servers will be installed. Completing the Microsoft Exchange Wizard page, click Finish. How to Install Exchange Server 2003 After planning and preparing your Exchange organization, you are ready to run Exchange 2003 Setup explains how to run Exchange Setup to install Exchange Server 2003. Before You Begin To install the first Exchange 2003 server in the forest, you must use an account that has Exchange Full Administrator