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Complete version Server 2016/19 and Exchange

This article describes step-by-step how to install Server 2016/2019 and Microsoft Exchange

 

Difference between Standard and Essentials.

According to Microsoft, the only difference would be, that with Essentials you can connect a maximum of 25 clients and with standard or ultimate unlimited.

  

Do not use Explorer
The best thing to do then is to use a different browser.

You can also use Chrome on 2016 and 2019.

Firefox is not recommended if you want to connect through the Exchange Administrative Center for the mailflow, because it will not work.

Install Google Chrome and make that the default browser when you start using Exchange mail.

 


Install Virtual Machine on a standalone Windows 10 computer or laptop with multiple remote desktop sessions in a real network (not virtual)

Multiple remote desktop sessions with only 1 VM on a server



Storage client workfolders and data on the server


Preparations Exchange mailserver


Exchange mailserver

How to fix the red dashboard after install exchange mail with KB 3206632


HTTP 500 error Exchange

Exchange OWA error. This page can't be displayed


Change domain name

Password does not work, reset (video)

Recovery point server

Entering Whitelist rules

And how to delete the entered rules


Using Windows Deployment Service (WDS)


Provide a C, D and E partition

C for OS Server 2016/2019
D for Exchange
E for the (other) software you are going to install.



On E is the following software.


Folder Exchange with the unpacked ISO from Exchange
Exchange preprocessing with API 5 or higher and Framework NDP 452
Update KB3206632 for Exchange
Windows 10 ISO 32 and 64 bits
Drivers for the server
Windows 11 ISO for Hyper-V
Etc.

Partition C and D must be empty and the ISO of Exchange must be copied from the E to the D.
Unpack that iso with 7zip
The filename of that folder needs to be Exchange.

Boot Server 2019 from usb flash drive?
Install Server  with a bootable USB stick or a PXE server

USB is slowly
Installing from a PXE server goes faster.

Start the PXE server.
Start the (2019) server, click on F12 (start menu) and then choose Nic2
Click in the PXE menu on Server 2019 essentials.

 

Windows Server 2019 Installation
Server 2019 turns out to be 2016 after all.



  Jump

 

Installation started now, this screen you can able to configure language, region and time, keyboard settings. We should configure correct settings here and then select “Next” for continue.  

  

You should select “Install Now” in coming screen.



  



I don't have a product key

We can choose the Server 2019 version on this menu.
We need Server 2019 with GUI so selected 

Server 2019 Essentials (Desktop Experience).

 

  

We can see the licence terms on this screen, select “I accept Licence Terms” then click Next to continue.

  

Select “Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)” here because we will do a clean installation OS.
But if you need an in-place upgrade you should select “Upgrade: Install and Keep files, settings and applications” here.
This option suitable for supported OS, features, services and roles.
But keep in mind you should not prefer in-place upgrade for critical roles like Active Directory Directory Services, etc.

We can select and configure disc information on this screen.
(You can set the installation disc, size, etc.) Use default settings here .
  Beschrijving:

You can see that the necessary files are copied and the installation process is running on this screen.

  

The installation process is done and rebooting.

Screen showing that the necessary settings were made before the server was started.

 


We can set a password for the local administrator account.
You should configure a secure password for local admin.

 

  

On the login screen, we can login with “Administrator” account and related password.  

  

And finally, you can see new Server 2016-19 interface.
It’s similar to old Server 2012 interface but there are a lot of new features coming with Server 2016-19.
 


After the installation of Server, D and E may have been swapped.
Restore that with disk management
Left corner, right mouse button, Disk Management.



Change the drive letters.


A system partition has been assigned a drive letter D.

Change the drive letters.



Stand on D with your right mouse button and remove  the driveletter.



Change the other drive letters as below.


 

Video card
Install the video card for the 2 screens (see the driver on E)

That driver must have been unzipped to a folder.

If not, do it with 7zip.

Start, right mouse button, device manager.



Click with right mouse button on the videocard, update driver.


Browse my computer


Browse to E



Clik on the videodriver and OK




It turns out that you can't just move the mouse from one screen to another.
Change display settings
Stand somewhere in the screen with your right mouse button.
Display settings.


             
Move nr. 2 to the left and apply


Install:
Chrome
7zip
Everything
IrfanView
Office 2019

Install Google Chrome
After install, go to settings, apps, standard apps, and change Explorer into Chrome.


Click on the icon Search Everything.
No icon?
Type everything in the searchbox en click on Everything
Type everything.

Stand on Everything.ink  with right mouse button and send it to the desktop



Do that also with Word.exe and
Excel.exe

Set all those icons also on the taskbar.

Stand somewhere in the screen with your right mouse button.
View

Auto arrange icons

Enable audio (sound)
The sound is disabled by default.
Enable sound.
That only works if sound is present.

Either in the computer itself or with speakers.

Type services.msc in the searchbox.

Search in the list.
Windows Audio Service
Set it on automatic and start that service.


ISO Exchange on D
Delete all data on D.
Copy the ISO from Exchange to D (from E)

Unpack that ISO with 7zip to the folder Exchange (not extract here)
The name of that folder should be Exchange.
If not change that.
If you accidentally clicked extract here then you should delete the files.
Leave the ISO and extract it to the Exchange folder.


Password never expire

Can only be set when the active directory is installed and working. (later)

What is DNS?
Read about the DNS protocol


Approach Adapters
Server 2019



Stand right below on internet with right mouse button.
Open network & internet settings.



Change adapter options.
Then you will see 2 adapters.



Take the LAN cable out.

That red cross is the LAN
Rename it to LAN
Right button.

And the other to WAN


Reconnect the cable.


Clik on the WAN adapter
Properties



Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6

Click on Internet Protocol Version 4
Change settings

 

OK

Click on the second adapter (LAN)
Properties



Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6



Click on IPV4 and Properties
Change settings

Type 192.168.101.11

Click on the row below from subnetmask.

DNS server


OK

Type CMD in the searchbox and click on CMD.exe
Type:  ipconfig /all


View provided IP address and DNS



The Wan and LAN adapter are configured with the IP address and DNS as above.
If that turns out to be different on your machine, you will need to adjust the Wan and LAN.
If you have a different WAN and/or LAN or DNS write that down because you will need to adjust that throughout the whole installation.

NO INTERNET?
Change the WAN with ip and DNS automatically.
You can change that later.
Even if it looks like you don't have internet, open a browser and type something.
It sometimes reacts rather slowly


Set Timezone
Click right below on timesettings.


Disable updates (temporary, turn on later)
Type in the searchbox: services.msc.
Go to Windows update in the list and click on it.
Disable the service.


Disable firewall
Type firewall in the searchbox and turn it off.





Disabling irritating messages Explorer
Click on Server Manager
On the left Local server.
Enchange security configuration
Click on on and set that to off.




Go to network and sharing center
Click  with the right mouse button on network.
,
Open network
Network and sharing center
Change advanced sharing settings.


Network discovery should be on.
If not, change that.
Check that again!
If it jumps back to off
Type in the searchbox: services.msc

There should be 3 services on automatic.
1)
Function Discovery resource



2) SSDP discovery
Stop service
Automatic
Start

And also
3) UpNp device hos

Network discovery must work on 3 levels.
Private, Guest or public, and Domain.

Activate Server 2019

Check if you have internet

Type slui in the searchfield and then enter
Type the product key.

 


Sponsorship of Microsoft
500 activations for server 2019 Essentials for training purposes
Status Dec. 7, 2022


Disable auto lock function (screen saver)

  1. Right-click on the desktop and then click Personalize.
  2. Click 'Lock screen'.
  3. Click 'Screen timeout settings'.
  4. Choose Never


Server manager

Manage

Roles & Features
Add roles and features
Next, next, next

Select only the Active Directory Domain Services

No others

Next, Next
If you don't see the list below right away, just wait.....



Next, Next Install. 
Click on automatic restart after installation


Configure:
If the server does not restart automatically, do so yourself.

After the restart, click on that yellow triangle



Add a new forest: kompserver.nl

The following parts each need some time.
So please be patient before you can click or type anything
This is not work for nervous people.

 

Type password and next



DNS wil be automatically installed and configured
Ignore error message.
Click on show more.

Then it is indicated that this error message has to do with the presence of the active directory you just installed.

Next



The NetBios domain name is automatically configured, just wait..........

Next


Next

Next, install.

Just wait and you'll get the message that the server is going to restart

After restart
Roles
and feautures

Next, Next.
Every time you think, nothing happens, it's a matter of waiting

1) Click on DHCP




2) Then click also on Remote Access in the list.
Next, next.



And then click on Routing
Next, Next, Next, Install.
And again!  When you think, nothing happens, it's a matter of waiting

If installed:
 
Server manager

Click on that yellow triangle.


Ignore the Started Wizard
Click on Complete DHCP Configuration




No action needed, Commit



By that yellow triangle is still that Started wizard
Dont click on it, because that leads to nothing.
We're going to do that later with tools.


That leads to nothing.
Regardless of what you enter
Skip


Server manager
Go to Tools and click on DHCP.




Klick on ipv4



Click on ipv4 with your right mouse button
New scope



Scope name: DHCP
Discription leave blank

And Next.

Start IP: 192.168.101.100
End IP:  192.168.101.150 
Length: 24
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
It means max 50 clients can apply.

Windows Server 2019 Essentials allowing a maximum of 25 users
Standard or Enterprise is unlimited.



Leave empty. Next.



No action. Next



Next



Type 192.168.101.11 and click on Add

Router default gateway
Check if the IP is correct: 192.168.101.11

 

Parent domain: kompserver.nl
If you see no 192.168.1.197  type that by IP adress and Add.


Remove other addresses.
Add


WINS servers: 
Leave Server name and ip blank. next



Yes I want to activate this scope now. Next

Finish

 

Check if network discovery is still working on each level.
Private, Guest or public, and Domain.


Check password never expires
See the instructions

Make an image from C on E
With Macrium Reflect


Start the PXE server or use the rescue CD fom Macrium Reflect.
You can install Macrium Reflect on an W10 or W11 machine with a burner.
Start Macrium after installing and click left above on the CD icon to burn the rescue CD.
***
Restart the (2019) server, click on F12 (start menu) and then choose Nic2 (or DVD for the rescue CD)
Click in the PXE menu on Macrium Reflect.

Only a check by C and select E as destination.
When its ready reboot the machhine.

Change the name from that image in: Install till routing.

Also if you don't create an image you need to reboot

Go to Tools
Click on Routing and remote access (that red arrow) with your right mouse button
Configure...







Select WAN.
No LAN or WAN to see?

Go back and try again.
Still nothing?
Restart the wizard or restart the server and try again.



Reboot the server

Check the Wan and LAN settings


WAN



**

LAN



Even if it looks like you don't have internet, open a browser.
It sometimes reacts rather slowly.

No internet yet?
Check if those 3 services are
on automatic
And check if network discovery is on
3 levels
Private, Diamain and All networks.

1)
Function Discovery resource
2) SSDP discovery
3) UpNp device hos

Password never expire.


Add clients on server:
Tools: Active Directery Users and Computers

Click on Users with you riht mouse button and choose new and click on user




Password never expires



Now create Ernie as a user.

Check if remote access is ticked on the server


Server manager
Click on local server, and then on Remote Desktop.





Click on Select users

Add

Advanced



Find now and select Bert.



Maybe an error by Bert and Ernie

Close and click again on OK

 

Do the same with Ernie.

Now on the clients, not on the server!
Add client
On computer client 1 and 2
Change computername to Bert. (Ernie for the second)
Restart

Password on clients.
Settings, accounts, login options.
Enter password.
   
It can take a while before the clients have internet
If nothing happens, restart the machines.

No internet on client?
Check if those 3 services are on automatic.
1) Function Discovery resource
2) SSDP discovery
3) UpNp device host

Check that the firewall on the client and server are still disabled
You had disabled 2 functions but a 3rd one has been added on the server.
It is probably still enabled.


Check WAN settings



Allow remote access.



If the clients have been added before then you have to remove them from the domain.
Back to WORKGROUP.

Add Bert to kompserver.nl

Click on This PC, Properties

Right click on Change settings (1)


Then on change (2)
 

Click on Domain and then type kompserver.nl

OK



Username: Bert
Type Berts password




Restart the client


Configure Ernie as you did with Bert

Installing a shared folder on the client and server that synchronize with each other.


The maximum size for individual files is 10 GB by default.
There is no storage limit per user, although administrators can use File Server Resource Manager's quota functionality to implement quotas.
You can also decide to directly reserve 100 gb for each client.




Shared folder on server


Shared folder on client



Put something in that Z partition and see if it syncs with the folder on the server

Turn on the Firewall on the clients and the server.


Create mail-accounts for clients

Create restorepoints for  server 2016-2019


See also:


More about client data on server
(pdf)

Syncronizing data from Servers to each other (pdf)

You don't have to do that right now.
Then you can do it later if necessary.


Excel doesn't work.
In the search window, type:  regedit
Go to File, find,
Type:  DontRefresh
Change Dword value from 1 to 0

Set service update to enable and get the (latest) updates.
  
Create an image of C.
With Macrium Reflect

(Step 1 of C)
Macrium-Reflect Free does not work on a server.
However, you can use the boot rescue CD or the PXE server to create an image and restore it.

Set up another domain name.
The following procedure applies if you need to change the domain name due to the change of the company name, a merger or other reason.

Change Domain Name

Domain registration

Exchange mail server


DNS forwarding

We have registered the domain kompserver.nl at Vimexx
And there we have created 2 mail accounts. Bert and Ernie
The intention is actually to create 2 mailboxes on the server for Bert and Ernie.
MBO-4 goes no further than creating folders for storing documents.



We also want the mailboxes on that server.
But if you use the DNS of Vimexx, you mail from Ernie to Bert via Vimexx.
It has to go through the server and then to Bert so that a copy remains on the server.
In this case it is outside the server.





You need a registered domain.
In this case kompserver.nl whose DNS must be forwarded to the IP address of the company.
A static address of the provider (isp)

In this case 83.86.73.21

It's about:

mail.kompserver.nl (Vimexx IP address)
mail (Ziggo incoming IP address)
pop (Ziggo incoming IP address)
smtp (Ziggo incoming IP address)

NS1 (Vimexx)
NS2 (Vimexx)
NS3 (Vimexx)

MX mail (10 mail.kompserver.nl)


 

 

0% loss
It comes down to forwarding the DNS of Vimexx to Ziggo's own IP address.
Then you only have 1 cable from the router directly to the server.

The following is the normal existing situation and then everything has internet.
But then you can't have that forged DNS at your disposal

 


   

If you go from the router with only 1 cable to that server, you can have that DNS at your disposal.
But only when the server is configured and the clients have internet, you can reconnect the rest from that hub.
As long as that doesn't work, the rest has no internet.

Below you see 2 servers because it is not recommended to configure Exchange and the company server on 1 machine
To configure the Mailflow, the Wan needs to be connected directly to
the Exchange server, because the domain is forwarded to the DNS of that server.
Instead of having that server directly behind it, we just need a hub.

Disadvantage is that if the Exchange does not have a network, the rest will not work either.
Upgrading to Ziggo Business Pro provides 5 IP addresses so you can connect multiple servers to it.
This means that you also need to create a number of subdomains and then you need to activate LD-LDS (Lightweight Directory) as a role.
But that has probably already happened because that's why you get a remark with the yellow flag that ADAM is not enumerated and that refers to the fact that you have not yet created subdomains.

Below is a possible solution, but it means that the server has to work.
With restart or if the server is still being configured the rest has no internet.

Netwerk agemeen = Network general

You can also only use the Exchange with Server 2016 (on 1 machine) with a hub/switch.

 

If you forward Ziggo's IP address to the server, you can use the network as it is now.


But you can also ask what the costs are of having that mailflow taken care of by another company.
To maintain a mail server the company needs a specialist and that costs time and money.
Outsourcing this can even lead to considerable savings.

Because we have another problem.
With the upgrade of the version Windows1903 to 1909 it went completely wrong.
We set the data to D so that on C there is only the OS with the programs.
OneDrive has also been moved to D.
And then it went wrong.
The testers had already warned about it, but those warnings were ignored.

With the upgrade of 1909 OneDrive on C was expected.
However, it was on a different partition. (D)
Because that was not on C it was assumed that nothing was stored there in OneDrive.
And that was synchronized with the cloud and nothing was synchronized with nothing.

Everything gone in the cloud.
Then connect to OneDrive on that other partition and synchronize it with nothing.
It took another 14 days before the rollout was stopped.
And the response of M$:
We will try to retrieve your data, but cannot guarantee it.
Fine, and then you can go to the employer with that info.
Data loss is job loss. That is unforgivable.

Back to the mailboxes of Outlook.
The story above is to understand the following and to be able to estimate the risks.
Until Office 2013 the mail was stored in an Outlook.pst file.
Had you moved the documents to the D then that file was also on the D under Documents/Outlook
So you could put an (older) image back without any risk of losing mail.
Since Office 2016 they use a link with Office 365 and your mail is also stored in the cloud.
Then you no longer have a PST file but an OST file which is set to C and cannot be moved.
You can create a folder on D and then you can create a symbolic link from that OST on C to that folder on D.

That is one direction traffic.

Then you get a copy of C on D but if there is still old mail in that D folder, it will not go to C.
And then the big question.
If you put an image of 6 months old back on C the cloud will put that 6 months mail back in that folder, or is it assumed that you deleted 6 months mail yourself and synchronized it with the cloud, so that mail is lost?

What do you think?
It is plausible that the old mail on D is not synchronized with C and also not with the cloud.

With this information you then have enough arguments to convince the employer that this mail handling (mail flow) is better handled by an external party.
First of all, it costs a lot of time (and money) to install and maintain a mail server.

Time that prevents you from doing other things.
And the employer has to hire a specialist and that also costs more.
Then there is the hacking risk that confidential mail will end up on the street.
It is therefore advisable to request a quote from an external party for the handling of that mail flow.

 

Storage data on server

Work Folders in Windows Server 2016

 

Preparations Exchange Mail Server


Create an Exchange folder on D
Put the Exchange ISO ( 6797mb ) in there if it is not there.
Unpack the ISO with 7 zip in the folder
The name of the folder has to be Exchange

It is recommended to have a C (OS), a D (Exchange), and an E (Software).
On that E partition you will find all the already downloaded software you need.

If all of this is already there, you don't have to download anything and you can install it from that E

If after installing a component you get an error message when installing the next component, it is often a matter of rebooting and then trying again.

1
I
nstall Media Foundation Feature

Launch Server Manager (ServerManager.exe), navigate to Manage → Add Roles and Features→ Next → Next → Features → Scroll Down → Select Media Foundation → Next → Install.

2
Install API 4 & API 6 or higher Unified
Communications Managed API 4.5.2. Runtime


Get the updates first, otherwise it won't work.

3
Install Framework 4.7

4

Powershell.
c:\administrator
Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core -source®network®share®sxs


5
Install Visual Studio 2013 C++

6
Install Update KB3206632

Open Windows PowerShell.  

Here it is assumed that you have the unpacked ISO in the Exchange folder on D!


The ADSI below has not (yet) proved necessary.
You can skip that. Contin
ue here

  1. Open Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit. To do this, click Start, click Run, type ADSIEdit.msc, and then click OK.
  2. After the ADSI Edit window is loaded, right-click ADSI Edit in the navigation pane, and then click Connect To.
  3. In the Connection Settings window, click Select a well known Naming Context in the Connection Point area, and then click Schema.
  4. Expand the Schema [DC.domain.com] node, and then click CN=Schema, CN=Configuartion,DC=domain,DC=com.

In the result pane, right-click CN= ms-Exch-Resource-Schema, click Property, and then change the value of the lDAPDisplayName attribute to msExchResourceSchema


 

 

Right mouse button on properties




Go to Display name and edit
CN= ms-Exch-Resource-Schema




Click on the start button at the bottom left and search for PowerShell, then click on Windows PowerShell.

We set the installation directory of Exchange to D under that name.

 

Open PowerShell and navigate to the folder where the installation files of Exchange 2016 are located.
cd
d:\exchange

This can take a while per command.

Enter the command below:
Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS



  
If you see >> press enter  

cd d:\exchange

To install the Features, run the cmdlet below.

 

Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, 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, ADLDS, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation, RSAT-ADDS
  





D

You can use the Lightweigth Directory wizard if you have Ziggo Business Pro.
Then you get 4 extra IP addresses, with which you can also forward to the DNS of other servers with subdomain names.

cd d:\exchange

To perform the schedule update, run the cmdlet below:
Don't forget the point at the front


.\setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
 

Active Directory Schema update is finished.

To make the Active Directory suitable for Exchange 2016 the cmdlet below needs to be executed. When the scheme update hasn't been executed yet it will still be executed in this step. In this step you will need to specify the Organization Name.

The Organization Name cannot be changed afterwards, so choose a name you are satisfied with until the end!

Run the cmdlet below.
You need to replace the command line name company between the brackets below for the organization name.

Copy that line to Notepad and change the company name to the desired one, then paste that line into PowerShell.

.setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName: "company name" /IA\cceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms


In this case

cd d:\exchange

Don't forget the point at the front

.\setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:"kompserver" /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms



Preparing the Active Directory has succeeded.

Install Framework 3.5
Use Manage, Roles and featurus and click through until you see framework 3.5 at the top.
Install
And that may take a while.

All preparations for the Active Directory have now been completed. To be able to install Exchange 2016 a number of Features will be installed.  

 

Reboot the machine.
  

Installing  Exchange 2016
Mailbox Role in Power Shell

cd d:\exchange

Make sure you copy the first point of the following command line with it 

 

./Setup.exe /Mode:Install /IacceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /Role:Mailbox /CustomerFeedbackEnabled:False /TargetDir:”D:\\Exchange\\” /DbfilePath: “D:\\ExchangeDb\\” /LogFolderPath:”D:\\logs\\”



It seems that the installation gets stuck at 16%
But the installation takes a total of 30-45 minutes.
Just wait.
 


 

You may get an error message.
The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete

Then you have to install Exchange from the setup file on D.

Open setup.exe in the installation directory of Exchange 2016. 
So not the exchangeserver file but the setup.exe which is located at the bottom.


It can also take a long time before you get the following in view


Check Connect to the Internet and check for updates, then click Next. After that the updates will be downloaded, if no updates are available this will be indicated. Next the installation files will be copied to a temporary folder.

  • Click on Next to start the installation.


Of course we read the 'License Agreement' and of course we agree with it;) Click on Next

  • Select Use Recommended Settings and click next


 

 

If you get error messages in Readiness Check after this, restart your setup and choose  do'nt use recommended settings

 

  • In the next step, it is important to consider what choice you are going to make. A mailserver suffices with the Mailbox Role. 
    Select only this option and click on Next.

Edge Transport Role

The Edge Transport Role is an optional feature for added security and provides a secure email flow for inbound and outbound email traffic. This becomes important when the mail server is placed behind a DMZ. Unwanted programs and viruses are kept out. Although it's not as strong as other similar products like Exchange Online Protection, it's certainly worth considering if you want to add this functionality to your mailserver. 

 

  • If necessary, change the installation location of Exchange 2016. Consider placing Exchange 2016 on a C:\ drive and the Transport Queue and Database on another partition with more storage space and disk performance. For this I would like to refer you to an article from Microsoft: Change the location of the queue database. Click on Next.

 


If you have followed the initial steps of this tutorial, you will not be able to choose an Organization Name now, as we have already prepared this. If you didn't follow these steps you will have to choose an Organization Name in the next dialog box. Then click on Next.

If it has been prepared properly, you will
not see the image below.


 

Select No and then Next. If you are using your own anti-virus and/or spam software, this option can be disabled. This can also be changed afterwards

 

  • It checks whether the server meets the requirements. That is now the case, click on Install. The installation of Exchange 2016 will start, this may take a while depending on the speed of the server.

 

The warnings are not errors but relate to not being able to upgrade Exchange 2010 and 2013 because that installation isn't there.
You can ignore that


When the installation is complete, you may not get a notification of that, or you may see the below.


Important

Do not forget to tick Launch Exchange... before you finish.

You only get 1 chance to set a check at that box.
If you forget, you can start all over again.

If you haven't seen that launch, then you could start up Exchange mail.

Set Chrome as the default browser

If everything went well OWA will opens with this link.

 

https://localhost/owa/auth/logon.aspx?

 
Or you click on the start button in the lower left corner and click on Exchange Administrative center

You'll probably get a warning of unsecure but click through anyway.

 


Change timezone and region

And when you sign in, it will ask to save the password

 



 


 

But you are still missing a valid security certificate

And then you have to create your own certificate and you fall from one thing to another



Exchange is an internal website and it need an SSL certificate


HTTPS is indicated, but there is no SSL certificate available.
Then you can create an administrative SSL certificate.



No Video? Click here

 

You'll find the ISS Manager by Tools
 
See also this PDF

 

But you can also get this message

 





How
to Resolve the HTTP 500 and other Errors in Exchange Server 2016

A few ways to solve different problems

If you followed the instructions properly then hopefully you won't have to deal with that.

Reboot the server

 

And then you have to update server 2016 (settings, update)
Reboot the server
Then update again.

Probably you will get a number of updates after that.
Search for updates again.

Create an image of C (step 2 of C)
And an image of D
(step 2 of D)

Exchange tends to forget to turn on some services at startup.
Therefore you are going to create a script to make that sometimes reluctant Exchange work properly.


After that, sign in via Chrome at the Exchange Administative Center

If you see the following, then it went well
Click on Servers



Stand on that black bar

And then click on the pencil




Enter the product code



 

Restart
Look for updates, and restart again.

Create mail clients
Click on Tools at the top right
Active directory users and computers


Next you go to add the contacts
Go to tools, here you click on Active Directory Users And Computers
Here you go: compserver and click on the icon with a puppet and an asterisk.
You will be given the option to change your password when you first log in or continue to use the password you have entered.
Choose to continue using the password you entered.

 



Instead of komp-u-ter-hulp.nl you fill in kompserver




    
As soon as the contacts are added you
log in to Exchange mail server with that bookmark from Chrome.
G
o to Mail Flow

 

See also this manual about mailflow
But first follow the instructions below.





In Mail Flow you go to send connectors
-
Click on the plus
-Here you choose the option internal with the name kompserver
-
here you go through the menu for the rest.


 

Fill in by name: kompserver

Choose internet   

Ignore error message and click through

Then you go to Servers






Here you click on the pencil and create a server
In that menu you go to outlook anywhere

-   

The first line is: mail. komp-u-ter-hulp.nl kompserver.nl
The following line becomes kompserver.nl

-

        

 After this step you go in the folder server to virtual directories





 

On screen it must be compserver



Here you can limit the mail with attachments to at least 10MB
Explained
how to set it to less than 10 mb.

 

 

kompserver.nl


More about configuring external urls (info only)

Once this is done, you can go to the internet on the clients' PCs and enter the internal server: https://mail.kompserver.nl/owa.

You may receive a warning that the website is not secure but you click on more options and then continue anyway. This will take you to an email page where you can log in with the details you have given your contact person.

Now mail can be sent there again.
If you want to maximize the attachment of mail file to 2 MB type the following, in exchange management shell:
Set-TransportConfig -MaxSendSize 2MB -MaxReceiveSize 2mb  
 

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If this went well and you would send an attachment larger than 2 MB with the mail, you will get this error message.


 

 

 

And the reason for that restriction includes the prevention of steganography

Running a website on the server is not recommended.
If someone manages to break through the website there is also access to the company data.
That's the first security that doesn't cost you a lot of effort.
You host that website externally or you create a subdomain
 with Lightweight Directory and run a separate web server on it.

Turn on the firewall

Continue with entering Whitelist rules

And how to delete the entered rules

 

But first make an image of C before you start with whitelisting

Upgrade/migration server 2016 to 2019


See also:

1-VPN connection

2-nstall VM server with Windows Deployment Service (WDS) W10 and Remote Desktop Service (RDS)
3-Quota. Adjusting the storage space (Z)
4-Sharing trough File and Storage Services V1
5-DFS Share and Replication

6-Windows Server Backup




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