How to Set Up a Management Station Using Windows XP Professional SP1 or Later

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To minimize the need to directly log on to the server, you can use a dedicated management station for Exchange management.

Note

Exchange Server 2003 does not run on 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003.  Exchange Server 2003 management tools for remote administration can be installed on a computer running supported versions of Windows such as Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4).  Exchange Server 2003 management tools cannot be installed on a computer running Windows Vista.

This procedure describes the steps to set up a management station using Windows XP Professional SP1 or later.

Procedure

To set up a management station

  1. Install Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 1 or later on the workstation. For more information about installing Windows XP Professional SP1 or later and adding the workstation to the domain, see your Windows XP Professional documentation.

  2. Join the workstation to the domain with Exchange 2003. To manage Exchange 2003, the workstation must be joined to the same forest as your Exchange servers. You cannot manage domains in a different forest.

  3. Install the Windows Administrative Tools Pack on the workstation. For more information, see How to Install the Windows Administrative Tools Pack.

  4. Install the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol service (SMTPSVC) on the workstation. For more information, see How to Install the SMTP Service.

    Note

    You do not need to install the SMTP service for Windows XP Professional SP2 or later.

  5. Install the Exchange System Management Tools on the workstation: For detailed steps, see How to Install the Exchange System Management Tools.

  6. Shut down the SMTPSVC service on the workstation. After installing the Exchange System Management Tools, disable the SMTPSVC and NntpSvc services because you only need these services to install the Exchange System Management Tools.