Exchange is becoming more and more command line oriented. This includes the powershell options for managing Exchange once installed, but can also include the initial installation. To install Exchange from the command line, one must first install Exchange prerequisites, which are broken down per role that is being installed on Exchange. This can be done using the Add-WindowsFeature commandlet. To install the Windows requirements for Exchange for the Client Access, Hub Transport and Mailbox roles, use the following command: Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy,Web-WMI -Restart For the Edge Transport role, use: Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Desktop-Experience -Restart For the Unified Messaging role, use: Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,ADLDS -Restart After the server restarts, also configure NetTcpPortSharing: Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType…
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Exchange: Increase Maximum Database Size
Exchange has a maximum database size of 16GB. You can temporarily increase this if you exceed it by editing the registry. To do so, open a registry editor (Start -> Run regedit) and browse to this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSExchangeIS Now, find the name of the server whose database you would like to increase the size of and click on it. Then, click on either the folder that starts with Public- or Private- according to which you want to increase the size of. Now add a Reg_DWORD with a name of: Database Size Limit in GB Now set the setting for the limit to 17GB (just type in 17) and reboot the…