Good Afternoon, I have managed to install windos sever 2003.I tried to install Exchange sever 2003 but, it said ther is a compatibility issue. I clicked continue and tried to run forestprep it siad i dont have the right permistions or the DNS is to busy.I made sher i had all the rightpermistionsand tried again and got the same message.What cani do to fix this problem?

What is the compatibility issue? What groups is your account a member of? How many domains are in the forest? What is the domain and forest functional level at?Mark Morowczynski|MCT| MCSE 2003:Messaging, Security|MCITP:ES, SA,EA|MCTS:Windows Mobile Admin|Security+|http://almostdailytech.com

Hi,Please post the detail error information here.Besides,please try to download ExBPA to have a readiness check and then post the report here. Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=DBAB201F-4BEE-4943-AC22-E2DDBD258DF3&displaylang=enRegards,Xiu

I believe somewhere you are lacking permission to install your first exchange 2003 server. See below and make sure you have below rights. Permissions for Installing New Exchange Server 2003 Servers After ensuring that your organization meets the necessary prerequisites, the procedures referenced in this topic guide you through the deployment process. This process includes installing the first ExchangeServer 2003 computer into your organization. Table 1 lists the required permissions or roles for the procedures referenced in this topic. Table 1Procedures referenced in this topic and corresponding permissions Procedure Required permissions or roles Enable Microsoft Windows 2000Server or Microsoft Windows Server2003 services See Windows2000 or Windows Server2003 Help Run ForestPrep on a domain controller (updates the Microsoft Active Directory directory service schema) Enterprise Administrator Schema Administrator Domain Administrator Local Machine Administrator Run DomainPrep Domain Administrator Local Machine Administrator Install Exchange Server2003 on the first server in a domain Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the organization level Local Machine Administrator Install Exchange Server2003 on additional servers in the domain Exchange Full Administrator role applied at the administrative group level Exchange Server5.5 Site Administrator (if installing into an ExchangeServer 5.5 site) Local Machine Administrator Install the first instance of a connector Exchange Full Administrator applied at the organization level http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123643%28EXCHG.65%29.aspx Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|