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EXCHANGE SERVER ARCHITECTURE 7
Notice in the Instructions line of CPU-Z that this particular chip supports x86-64. This
means this chip will support the x64 instruction sets. Intel chips will report that they support
the EM64T instruction set.
Windows Server 2008 x64
Because of some of the underlying requirements of Exchange Server 2010, you must run
Windows Server 2008 x64 Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Although many people
are comfortable with Windows Server 2003, that operating system is fairly dated and does not
have some of the components necessary for Exchange Server 2010. The following two e ditions
of Windows 2008 will support Exchange Server 2010:
◆ Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 SP2 or R2
◆ Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 SP2 or R2
The Exchange Server 2010 management tools will run on the x64 version of Windows Vista
Ultimate, Enterprise, and Business as well as Windows 7.
Installer, Service Pack, and Patching Improvements
The setup process in Exchange 2000/2003 had some serious annoyances; actually the whole
process of getting a server up and running was pretty annoying. If a server did not meet the
prerequisites, you had to close the Setup program, fix the problem, and then restart Setup.
Once you got the release to manufacturing (RTM) or ‘‘gold’’ version installed, you had to
install the most recent version of the Exchange service pack. Finally, you had to research all the
post-service pack–critical fixes and apply them (sometimes in a specific order).
Microsoft has improved the setup process for Exchange Server 2010 as well as simplified
patching. These improvements have been made in four key areas:
◆ The Exchange Server 2010 Setup program is good at finding missing prerequisites, letting
you fix the missing prerequisite and then continue without starting over (unless a reboot is
required after installing a prerequisite).
◆ The entire setup process can be performed from the command line using the setup.com
program and EMS cmdlets.
◆ Service packs are now released as a complete installation pack; all updates are built into
the service pack and you can install directly from the latest service pack. That means no
more installing the RTM version and then applying the latest service pack.
◆ Rollup releases are now released approximately once every two months and contain a
cumulative set of patches and critical fixes since the last service pack. So, rollup fix 4 (RU4)
will contain all the updates contained in RU3 plus the other fixes released since RU3 was
released.
Now a ll you have to do to get an Exchange Server completely built is to download the latest
service pack, install Exchange Server 2010 from the latest service pack binaries, and then down-
load the latest Exchange Server rollup fix and apply that fix. You can even simplify this process
a bit more if you download the latest rollup fix MSP file and then copy it to the Exchange 2010
setup \Updates folder. Doing so greatly simplifies getting a server up and running as well as
properly patched.