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Install Exchange 2016 in Exchange 2010 Co-existence

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In this article lets have a look at installing Exchange 2016 in Exchange 2010 coexistence.

Before proceeding with the installation we would like to give a small summary and features of Exchange 2016. Not a detailed one since there are good articles on the new features of Exchange 2016 written by senior MVP’s.

Below are new features of the product :

One Mailbox role with all the functionality.

The mailbox server in Exchange 2016 hosts all the components – Client Access protocols, Transport service, Mailbox databases, and Unified Messaging.

The main reason of this design is to simplify the architecture, reducing the hardware dependency by running on a healthy CPU power which is less expensive, and easier way to isolate any issues if we come across.

Edge transport role is coming with RTM.

Considering the legacy RPC technology all Outlook connections will be MAPI over HTTP.

Note:
By default this is not enabled if you are installing on Exchange 2010/2013 coexistence and you can enabled them. But if you have this already enabled in Exchange 2013 then it will be enabled. If you are installing only Exchange 2016 then its enabled MAPI over HTTP as a default.

For further information on the architecture you can go through the below excellent series from MVP Prabhat and TechNet:

Now lets go through the installation part.

Readiness to be prepared for Exchange 2016 in Exchange 2010 environment:

  • Exchange 2010 SP3 with RU9 should be updated ,  for all Exchange 2010 servers.
  •  At least one Windows Server 2008 or higher Global Catalog in each AD site with Exchange installed.
  •  At least one writable Domain Controller in each AD site with Exchange Servers installed (It can be a GC.).
  •  AD Forest must be Windows Server 2008 Forest Functional Level or higher.
  •  Coexists with Exchange 2010 SP3 RU9 and Exchange 2013 CU7. *may be increased by RTM*
  •  Outlook for Windows – 2010 or later.
  •  Outlook for Mac – 2011 or later.

If you wish to enable MAPI/HTTP then you must have at least Outlook 2013 SP1 or later.

 

Operating System Prerequisites:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Standard or DataCenter editions.
  •  .NET framework 4.5.2.
  •  Windows Management Framework 4.0.
  •  Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 4.0.

** (DNS) namespaces**:

  • Following types are supported
  • Contiguous
  • Noncontiguous
  • Single label domains
  • Disjoint

IPv6 support:

  • In Exchange 2016, IPv6 is supported only when IPv4 is also installed and enabled. In the n\w if IPV6 enabled then it will take IPv6 addresses.

Hardware Requirements :

  • Processor: x64 architecture-based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel 64 architecture.
  • Memory: For Mailbox – 8 GB Minimum recommended.
  • Page File: minimum and maximum must be set to physical RAM plus 10 MB.
  • Disk Space: Better to have 50 GB on the drive on which we install the exchange binaries.

 

Install the prerequisites on the Exchange 2016 server (Applies for Windows server 2012 R2):
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.NET Framework 4.5.2

Click here to download http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit.

Click here to download http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkId=258269

install the below features

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, 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, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation

Download the Setup: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48210 Once the setup is downloaded just open the setup.exe file which will bring you to below screen https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/m1.png?w=600&h=437 https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/m2.png?w=600&h=206 Installation is pretty much straight forward and it remains the same as Exchange 2013 https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/m3.png?w=600&h=428 The only change we see here is the role selection part without the CAS role. Select mailbox role and proceed next https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/m4.png?w=600 We have the same option as we had in Exchange 2013 https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/m5.png?w=600 It goes through the readiness checks and 15 setup progress one by one same as Exchange 2013 and the setup will finish with the below screen https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/3211.png?w=600&h=413

Once the setup completes you get the EAC console like below

https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/test111.png?w=600&h=364

You can check the coexistence. Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2016 version 15.1 https://exchangequery.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/432.png?w=600&h=235

And we are done with installing Exchange 2016 in Exchange 2010 coexistence. In future as we get more updates from Microsoft on Exchange 2016 we will explore more on this product.