Exchange Server 2007 Installation Marathon Day 1 - Windows Server 2003, AD and IIS

* Hardware Platform:
Core 2 Duo E6320 CPU,
Intel P965 Motherboard,
1GB DDRII 667 RAM,
250GB SATAII HDD,
Intergraded LAN/VGA

* Software Environment:
Windows XP Pro x64 (Host Operating Sytem)
VMWare Server 1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 x64 R2 (Guest Operating system)
Exchange Server 2007


Step 1 - AD, IIS installation

Computer Name: Server01
Domain Name: CONTOSO (just as same as in MSCE training course)
IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.8/24
Default Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.2 (which is controlled by VMWare to rout your network traffic to internet.)
Primary DNS Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.8 (Which is WinServer 2003, but firstly it isn't been configured. To setting this IP as primary DNS is to avoid error messenge during installing Exchange 2007)
Secondary DNS Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.2 (which is the real one)

After you install AD on your server, you need to raise the Domain functional level to "Windows 2000 native"

Step 2 - Exchange 2007 Installation

The instructuction of Exchange 2007 Installation Wizzard is very clear. Only thing I did is just follow it until get it done.