Hello all, I failed to install Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 domain controller.I just want to install mailbox role and client access server role on the DC. The error message is as below links show: Cannot start service MSExchangeServiceHost on computer... https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=02752641e0b445ae#cid=02752641E0B445AE&id=2752641E0B445AE%211996 Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. Thanks and Regards David Shen MVP (File System Storage) HP Enterprise Services: Solution Architect Microsoft Storage Team - File Cabinet Blog View my MCP Certifications My Blog Contact me

Please post your error messages here. I hope you understand my reluctance to go chase links from strangers. Are you installing SP1 on an existing Exchange server or installing Exchange 2007 with SP1 from scratch? In either case, why don't you just install SP3 and skip SP1? And if this is a new installation why not put the latest rollup hotfix in the Updates folder and have them applied at the same time? Have you tried starting the service manually and retrying?Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Are you running forefront? If you disable it then re-run it. fscutility /disable (from the forefront directory in using cmd) it wll say that it was sucessfully in removing the dependency. However, you may get a warning that it failed because the transport and ForeFront Controller Service was running. In this case stop the services and re-run the command. Once the rollup is completed you need to run fscutility /enable. Again you may get an error that it failed because the MS transport and ForeFront Controller Service is running. In this case stop the services again and re-run the command. I would also reboot when all is complete. James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

Are you running forefront? If you disable it then re-run it. fscutility /disable (from the forefront directory in using cmd) it wll say that it was sucessfully in removing the dependency. However, you may get a warning that it failed because the transport and ForeFront Controller Service was running. In this case stop the services and re-run the command. Once the rollup is completed you need to run fscutility /enable. Again you may get an error that it failed because the MS transport and ForeFront Controller Service is running. In this case stop the services again and re-run the command. I would also reboot when all is complete. James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

Hi We wanted to let you know that we've completed testing with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and the following versions of Exchange are supported to run on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Exchange 2010 SP1 Exchange 2010 RTM Exchange 2007 SP3 Please note that Exchange 2007 was not supported to run on Windows 2008 R2 at all before Exchange 2007 SP3 release. You can read this team blog. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/02/11/3411983.aspx Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

Hello, Thanks for the explanation. I'll try to install Exchange Server 2010 SP1 but 2007 on the box.Thanks and Regards David Shen MVP (File System Storage) HP Enterprise Services: Solution Architect Microsoft Storage Team - File Cabinet Blog View my MCP Certifications My Blog Contact me

Hello, Thanks for the explanation. I'll try to install Exchange Server 2010 SP1 but 2007 on the box.Thanks and Regards David Shen MVP (File System Storage) HP Enterprise Services: Solution Architect Microsoft Storage Team - File Cabinet Blog View my MCP Certifications My Blog Contact me

Exchange 2010 SP2 is too and I would run that version with update rollup 3.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Exchange 2010 SP2 is too and I would run that version with update rollup 3.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."