Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P9:Your Exchange Server 2003 deployment plan should reflect your understanding of how Exchange and Microsoft Windows Server™ operating systems interoperate. It should encompass the relationships between Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server sites and domains, domain controllers, global catalog servers, and Exchange 2003 administrative and routing groups. | 81 For detailed steps about how to create an answer file for running unattended setup see How to Create an Answer File for Running Unattended Exchange Setup. For detailed steps about how to use an answer file to run unattended setup see How to Use an Answer File for Unattended Exchange Setup. Note If Autologon is enabled on the server where the unattend answer file is created the password of the user creating the answer file is stored in plain text in the answer file. Disable Autologon before using the createunattend switch. For information about how to enable and disable Autologon see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 234562 How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000 Professional http fwlink linkid 3052 kbid 234562 . After starting unattended setup Exchange Server 2003 is installed on your server automatically without any user interaction. To verify that your Exchange installation is successful see Post-Installation Steps for Exchange Server 2003. 82 When Unattended Setup Can Be Run You can run unattended setup for the following procedures Installing the second to nth Exchange Server 2003 server in your organization Installing Exchange Server 2003 System Management Tools Running DomainPrep When Unattended Setup Cannot Be Run You cannot run unattended setup for the following procedures Installing the first Exchange Server 2003 server in your organization Installing Exchange Server 2003 in a Windows cluster Installing Exchange Server 2003 in a mixed-mode environment for example Exchange Server and Exchange Server 2003 83 Performing any maintenance tasks for example adding or removing programs re-installing Exchange or upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server Switching from Mixed Mode to Native Mode By default when you complete your installation of Exchange Server 2003 into your organization Exchange Server 2003 is running in mixed mode. If your Exchange Server 2003 servers have to coexist with Exchange Server in the future your organization .
