Phases of Exchange 2007 setup

posted by  msexchange (84)  15 months ago (msexchangeteam.com)

Starting off a series of posts dealing with Exchange 2007 setup, we wanted to talk about setup phases and what they do.

Setup BootStrap process

Setup.exe is a wrapper for additional executables and libraries. Setup.exe calls in to the boot strapper process which consists of a core set of software prerequisites including:

• Microsoft Management Console 3.0
• Microsoft Windows PowerShell
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

The start page (also sometimes internally referred to as the "Canopener"), presents links