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Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Jon Honeyball
Want to run Exchange Server 2007 SP2 on Windows Server 2008 R2? Forget it
Sometimes little things just pop out of the page, and hit you round the head. This official Microsoft TechNet forum, for example.
On there, “Zhengwen Zhu MSFT” stated: “There is NO support for any Exchange Server 2007 SP2 components (any roles, including admin tools) installed on Windows Server 2008 R2.
“Exchange Server 2007 SP2 will not even install on it – the pre-req check will fail during installation.”
Not even for admin tools? Something is clearly seriously amiss. I checked this with Microsoft UK, who said that it’s something to do with Server 2008 R2 having a new version of IIS (7.5) and PowerShell (v2).
I have asked for further clarification – clearly this is a barking mad set of dependencies if it has broken Exchange Server, arguably Microsoft’s premier server platform.
It could be that Microsoft simply hasn’t had enough time to test Exchange Server 2007 SP2 on Windows Server 2008 R2, and has decided to skip it – after all, Exchange Server 2010 is apparantly just around the corner.
However, you should be aware of this limitation. And factor it into your deployment plans. I confess I am somewhat shocked at this news, given that deploying R2 of Server is a fairly straightforward decision but moving from Exchange Server 2007 to 2010 will require real planning and consideration.
Tags: Exchange Server 2007, Windows Server 2008
Posted in: Newsdesk, Real World Computing
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August 13th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I believe that Microsoft have decided to pull SP2 for Exchange in a deceison yesterday and postpone its release.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am
The fix for installation of Exchange 2007 SP2 with Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controllers is now available.
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/09/15/452494.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage
November 5th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Don’t bother yourself with Exchange, the thing to do is get Lotus Domino in. 30 minutes to update to the latest server (which is fully compatible with all the previous Mail Clients) and it doesn’t only run on Windows Server OS. Pain free upgrading and deployments.