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Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003 Enterprise not compat... - 20.Oct.2006 12:39:39 PM

hunglikethor

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While running the ForestPrep from the Exchange 2003 Enterprise CD on a
Windows 2003 R2 fully patched machine, a windows pops up saying that
Exchange Server 2003 has known compatibility issues with this version of
windows, and refers to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37488
The link takes me to http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/sysreqs/2003.mspx
which says nothing about incompatibility issues.

I suspect that since this is a non-SP version of Exchange 2003 Enterprise,
that I will need to run Exchange 2003 SP1 and SP2 after install. Will this
be acceptable or am I going to have to slipstream SP1 and/or SP2 in the base
Exchange 2003 Enterprise disk?

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RE: Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003 Enterprise not co... - 21.Oct.2006 2:03:28 PM

rytmehans

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Hi,

You can safely ignore this message. Just install exchange 2003 sp2 after the initial installation and you should be fine.

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RE: Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003 Enterprise not co... - 23.Oct.2006 12:04:03 PM

hunglikethor

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Thanks for the response!

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RE: Windows 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003 Enterprise not co... - 23.Nov.2009 2:55:06 PM

pmylonakos

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Hi,
it was interesting to read this. I thought the same when it gave me this message and of course my issue may not be related but I installed a Windows Standard R2 sp2 and then I installed Exchange Enterprise 2003 as a second Exchange server so I can move some mailboxes to a VM ESXi server for better performance.

When I try to install Exchange SP2 it says that I cant because of SP issues with the OS. In addtion my Information Store and my MTA and System Attendant wont start either. Maybe its not related but its kinda strange.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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