Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P18: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. | 171 Procedure Required permissions or roles Install Active Directory Connector ADC Enterprise Administrator Schema Administrator Domain Administrator Local Machine Administrator Install Exchange 2003 on the first server in a domain Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the organization level Exchange Administrator under the organization site and configuration nodes if installing into an Exchange site Local Machine Administrator 172 Procedure Required permissions or roles Install Exchange 2003 on additional servers in the domain Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the administrative group level Exchange Site Administrator if installing into an Exchange site Exchange service account password Local Machine Administrator Run Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard Enterprise Administrator For more information about managing and delegating permissions and user and group authorities see the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide. 173 Exchange 2003 Security Considerations Before installing Exchange Server 2003 in your organization it is important that you are familiar with your organization s security requirements. Familiarizing yourself with these requirements helps ensure that your Exchange 2003 deployment is as secure as possible. For more information about planning Exchange 2003 security see the following guides Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Messaging System Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide Exchange Server Deployment Tools The Exchange Server Deployment Tools are tools and documentation that help with your migration and validate that your organization is prepared for the Exchange Server 2003 installation. To ensure that all of the required tools and services are installed and running properly it is recommended that you use the Exchange Server Deployment Tools to run Exchange Server 2003 Setup. For detailed steps see How to Start the Exchange Server Deployment .
