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Thanks guys. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any steps missing that were going to turn up as gotcha's later if you went the automated exchange installation route. It does make sense to have a manual check throughout the process though, and I could definitely see the benefits in a large environment with multiple DC's and replication.
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Thanks guys. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any steps missing that were going to turn up as gotcha's later if you went the automated exchange installation route. It does make sense to have a manual check throughout the process though, and I could definitely see the benefits in a large environment with multiple DC's and replication.

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Simple question regarding Exchange 2016. Do you still need to manually prep the domain and extend the schema and such, or does the install wizard for Exchange do all that for you now? I've tested it in a lab multiple times, &nbsp;and in a green field environment where it's the only exchange server in the forest things seem to work fine without the manual steps of the past. Just curious what best practices are at this point, and why you would or wouldn't need to do these things. Thanks for any help in advance.
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Simple question regarding Exchange 2016. Do you still need to manually prep the domain and extend the schema and such, or does the install wizard for Exchange do all that for you now? I've tested it in a lab multiple times,  and in a green field environment where it's the only exchange server in the forest things seem to work fine without the manual steps of the past. Just curious what best practices are at this point, and why you would or wouldn't need to do these things. Thanks for any help in advance.

Basic question regarding Exchange 2016 installation

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.

Exchange

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.