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Hm, that &quot;sux&quot;, that i need AD that is, this means that i have to pay more for my windows license ;)
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Hm, that "sux", that i need AD that is, this means that i have to pay more for my windows license ;)

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Hi!<br />
Im thinking about setting up a shared exchange server and i got a couple of thoughts before i know if i want to follow through on this idea or not.<br />
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First of all, i have a SPLA and through this i got Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Enhanced, which excludes AD. Is AD nessesary for running Exchange Server?<br />
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Do i need any additional software than exchange server for setting up this shared hosting?<br />
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Are there any great guides on how to approach? Or is this something a fairly skilled computer guy can manage to learn in a couple of days? 
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Hi!
Im thinking about setting up a shared exchange server and i got a couple of thoughts before i know if i want to follow through on this idea or not.

First of all, i have a SPLA and through this i got Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Enhanced, which excludes AD. Is AD nessesary for running Exchange Server?

Do i need any additional software than exchange server for setting up this shared hosting?

Are there any great guides on how to approach? Or is this something a fairly skilled computer guy can manage to learn in a couple of days? 

Setting up Shared Exchange

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.