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The steps are:<br />
1. setup /PrepareSchema: Update the Schema – this only needs to be performed once per-forest<br />
2. setup /prepareAD: Prepare the directory – this only needs to be performed once per-domain<br />
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After you run &nbsp;/PrepareDomain switch wait for or force Active Directory replication between this domain and the root domain, and then run /PrepareDomain again<br />
Before you run any of this you need to have Windows Installer 4.5 installed.
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The steps are:
1. setup /PrepareSchema: Update the Schema – this only needs to be performed once per-forest
2. setup /prepareAD: Prepare the directory – this only needs to be performed once per-domain

After you run  /PrepareDomain switch wait for or force Active Directory replication between this domain and the root domain, and then run /PrepareDomain again
Before you run any of this you need to have Windows Installer 4.5 installed.

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i thought setup / prepareAD will take care of Setup /prepareSchema step and this need to run only once in the root domain.<br />
setup /PrepareDomain needs to be run in each domain except the root domain.<br />
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i thought setup / prepareAD will take care of Setup /prepareSchema step and this need to run only once in the root domain.
setup /PrepareDomain needs to be run in each domain except the root domain.



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I ran PrepareAD in the root domain.<br />
Followed by PrepareDomain for all child domain and the root domain.
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I ran PrepareAD in the root domain.
Followed by PrepareDomain for all child domain and the root domain.

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I am updating exchange to SP3.<br />
I have a root domain and 4 child domains.<br />
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My question is: After I am done with setup /prepareAD, <br />
should i run setup /prepareall domain from the root domain <br />
OR<br />
Run setup /preparedomain:&lt;child-doma<wbr />in1/2/3/4&gt;<wbr /> from the root domain without updating the root domain as we do not have exchange server in root domain.<br />
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Please suggest.<br />
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I am updating exchange to SP3.
I have a root domain and 4 child domains.

My question is: After I am done with setup /prepareAD, 
should i run setup /prepareall domain from the root domain 
OR
Run setup /preparedomain:<child-domain1/2/3/4> from the root domain without updating the root domain as we do not have exchange server in root domain.

Please suggest.



Exchange 2007 SP3 Install: Preparing AD

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.