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Preparing Exchange Server 2016 Coexistence with Exchange 2010

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Exchange Server 2016 Coexistence

Exchange Server 2013 CU10 or Later

Exchange Server 2010 RU11 or Later

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will only be able to coexists with the above version mentioned

Coexistence of Exchange Server 2016 with legacy versions of Exchange

Exchange version	Exchange organization coexistence
Exchange 2007 and earlier versions	Not supported
Exchange 2010	Supported with Update Rollup 11 for Exchange 2010 SP3 or later on all Exchange 2010 servers in the organization, including Edge Transport servers.
Exchange 2013	Supported with Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 10 or later on all Exchange 2013 servers in the organization, including Edge Transport servers.
Mixed Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 organization	Supported with the following minimum versions of Exchange: Update Rollup 11 Exchange 2010 SP3 or later on all Exchange 2010 servers in the organization, including Edge Transport servers. Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 10 or later on all Exchange 2013 servers in the organization, including Edge Transport servers.

Ramifications:

Hardware

Processor

x64 architecture-based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel 64 architecture (formerly known as Intel EM64T)
AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform
Intel Itanium IA64 processors not supported

Memory : Varies depending on Exchange roles that are installed:

Mailbox 8GB minimum
Edge Transport 4GB minimum

Disk space

At least 30 GB on the drive on which you install Exchange
An additional 500 MB of available disk space for each Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install
200 MB of available disk space on the system drive
A hard disk that stores the message queue database on with at least 500 MB of free space.

Operating system

The following table lists the supported operating systems for Exchange 2016.

Supported operating systems for Exchange 2016

Component	Requirement
Mailbox and Edge Transport server roles	Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
Management tools	One of the following: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter 64-bit edition of Windows 10 64-bit edition of Windows 8.1

Client Requirements

Exchange 2016 and Exchange Online support the following versions of Outlook:

Outlook 2016
Outlook 2013
Outlook 2010 with KB2965295
Outlook for Mac for Office 365
Outlook for Mac 2011

Clients that cannot connect from Exchange Server 2016

Outlook 2003
Outlook 2007
Outlook for Mac 2008

Note: Once you install Exchange Server 2016 you cannot install the earlier versions of Exchange

As it’s Coexistence environment (Exchange Server 2016 with Exchange 2010).

First Prepare your Exchange Server 2010 with latest RU11

After Installation confirm if it has the latest Rollup installed as shown below

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Installation Of Exchange Server 2016 RTM

Prerequisites :

Active Directory preparation
Installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 prerequisites using Windows Powershell (Run as Administrator)

Mailbox Server Role
Edge Transport Server Role

DotNetFrameWork 4.5.2 (For Download Please Click here )
Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 (For Download Please Click here )

Step 1 : Active Directory preparation

Install Remote Tool Admin Pack using Windows Powershell (Run as Administrator)

Command : Install-WindowFeature RSAT-ADDS

Step 2 : Installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 prerequisites using Windows Powershell (Run as Administrator)

Mailbox Server Role :

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 -Restart

Planning for Edge Transport Server Role :

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Install-WindowsFeature ADLDS

Here we are only installing Mailbox Server Role, if you planning for Edge Transport Server Role then you can run the above command

Step 3 : DotNetFrameWork 4.5.2 (For Download Please Click here )

Download .netframework 4.5.2 from the above link and start installation as shown below:

Accept the License Terms

Click Install

Click Finish.

Step 4 : Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 (For Download Please Click here )

Click Install

There are chances UCMA 4.0 failing if the prerequisites in the step 2 is not not installed properly then you might get below error

Media Foundation Feature missing

Open Windows Powershell (Run As Administrator)

Command: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation

Restart the Server

Try installing Unified Communication Managed API 4.0

Great Installation has started

Accept the License Terms -> Click Install

Click Finish

Now Mount the Exchange Server 2016 ISO

Extract the files to the folder as shown below:

Open the folder

Double Click and Installation will start

Note: Installation can be done Unattended mode as well. Unattended mode of installation we can see in the upcoming post.

Copying files that are required for Exchange Server Installation

Initializing Setup

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Click Next

Click I Accept the License Agreement -> Click Next

Select the Recommended Settings -> Click Next

Select Server Role that you are planning -> Click Next

Note: Once you select Mailbox Role automaticlly Management Tools will be checked.

Specify the Installation Space location -> Click Next

Note : Here if you are trying for Fresh Exchange Server 2016 Installation then you will get the window to specify the Organization name.

As it’s Coexistence Organization name has already been specified while Installing Exchange Server 2010

Malware Protection Settings -> Select No -> Click No

Click Next

After copying files completes Installation will begin

Readiness Checks

Oops Installation failed

Don’t work Warning clearly shows that Forest Functional Level is to upgraded to Windows Server 2008 or Later

Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts -> Right Click -> Raise Forest Functional Level

If you see the below window Forest Functional Level is in Windows Server 2003

Drop down and Select Windows Server 2008 -> Click Raise -> Click Ok

Click Ok

Retry the Setup again

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This time it should start the Setup without any issues

Readiness Checks

Click Install

Steps that will run while Installing are mentioned below :

1 : Organization Preparation

2 : Stopping Services

3 : Copy Exchange Files

4 : Languages Files

5 : Restoring Services

6 : Languages

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7 : Management Tools

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8 : Mailbox Server Role : Transport Service

9 : Mailbox Server Role : Client Access Service

10 : Mailbox Server Role : Unified Messaging Service

11 : Mailbox Server Role : Mailbox Service

12 : Mailbox Server Role : Front End Transport Service

13 : Mailbox Server Role : Client Access Front End Service

Click Finish

Restart the Server before configuring setting in the Exchange Administration Center so that all the setting will be properly configured on the server

After Server up, just for Cross check open the Exchange Management Shell (Run As Administrator)

Run the below Command

Command : Get-ExchangeServer |ft Name, ServerRole, AdminDisplayVersion -Auto

Ok Now open Exchange Administration Center

Now you’ll see both the servers listed as shown below:

For More Info : Exchange Server 2016 Architecture

Great we are able to see both the Server Exchange Server 2010 & 2016

Praveen Kumar

Server 2016 Edge 2

MCTS, MCITP | Exchange Server

Server 2016 Edge 2.0

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