Microsoft ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SERVER SETUP GUIDE

Windows Essential Business Server Getting Started Guide
Microsoft Corporation
Published: September 2008
Abstract
This document summarizes the installation process for Windows® Essential Business Server.
This White Paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.
Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation.
Your right to copy this documentation is limited by copyright law and the terms of the software license agreement. As the software licensee, you may make a reasonable number of copies or printouts for your own use. Making unauthorized copies, adaptations, compilations, or derivative works for commercial distribution is prohibited and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property.
Unless otherwise noted, the companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted in examples herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred.
© 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Microsoft, Active Directory, Hyper-V, Internet Explorer, MSDN, Outlook, PowerShell, SQL Server, SharePoint, Forefront, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
UPnP is a certification mark of the UPnP Implementers Corporation.
All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Contents
Getting Started with Windows Essential Business Server ............................................................ 5
Windows Essential Business Server Deployment Overview ......................................................... 5
Windows Essential Business Server Deployment Tools ............................................................... 6
Windows Essential Business Server Installation Discs ................................................................. 6
Deploying Windows Essential Business Server Step-by-Step ...................................................... 7
Where to Find More Information ................................................................................................ 10
5
Getting Started with Windows Essential Business Server
Windows® Essential Business Server is a Microsoft® server solution for network environments with up to 300 client computers or user accounts. Windows EBS provides tightly integrated wizards to improve the planning and deployment of the server components and facilitate best practices for networking, security, and remote access.
The tabbed pages of the Windows Essential Business Server Administration Console present a unified view of important network services and resources. Using the Windows EBS Administration Console, you can monitor computers and security components on the network, manage user and group accounts, and manage client access licenses.
To respond to monitoring alerts, you can access the appropriate tools and consoles directly from the Windows EBS Administration Console.
Windows EBS is deployed across three servers. Each server delivers important workloads for the network:
 Windows® Essential Business Server Management Server – Consolidates monitoring and
management functions of the network and runs key roles and services in the environment.
 Windows® Essential Business Server Security Server – Manages edge security for the
network, including Internet access and remote access.
 Windows® Essential Business Server Messaging Server – Provides messaging capabilities,
and manages additional network services.
For a complete overview, see Windows Essential Business Server Product Overview at the
Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=108899.
Windows Essential Business Server Deployment Overview
To successfully deploy Windows EBS, follow these six steps:
1. Prepare your current network to work together with Windows EBS.
2. Plan how to integrate Windows EBS into your current networking environment.
3. Install the Management Server software.
4. Install the Security Server software.
5. Install the Messaging Server software.
6. Configure features and migrate key server roles and services to the computers running Windows EBS.
6
Important
Tool or Wizard
Purpose
Preparation Wizard
Checks your existing environment for compatibility, health, and readiness to work together with Windows EBS.
Planning Wizard
Guides you through the planning process for deploying Windows EBS into your existing networking environment.
Installation Wizard for the Management Server
Guides you through the installation of the Management Server.
Installation Wizard for the Security Server
Guides you through the installation of the Security Server.
Installation Wizard for the Messaging Server
Guides you through the installation of the Messaging Server.
Guided Configuration and Migration Tasks page
Steps you through the key configuration and migration tasks needed to start using Windows EBS.
You can perform all of the deployment steps except for the Security Server installation during normal business hours. Internet connectivity is temporarily disrupted during the Security Server installation when network connections are changed. We recommend that you plan the Security Server installation during the least critical time for Internet availability.
Windows Essential Business Server Deployment Tools
To simplify the deployment process, Windows EBS provides the following tools and wizards:
Windows Essential Business Server Installation Discs
The tools and wizards that you use to prepare, plan, and deploy Windows EBS are provided on the installation discs.
7
Disc
Purpose
Disc 1
Use to install the Preparation Wizard and Planning Wizard.
Note
This disc also contains the Schema Upgrade Tool. Use this tool when the Management Server Installation Wizard detects that an Active Directory schema upgrade is required.
Disc 2
Use to install the Management Server software.
Disc 3
Use to install the Security Server software.
Disc 4
Use to install the Messaging Server software.
Time: 3-8 weeks before deployment
Duration: 8 hours
Note
The Windows EBS installation discs comprise the physical media required for installing Windows Essential Business Server Standard. Windows Essential Business Server Premium has additional media (not listed) for installing Windows Server® 2008 Standard and Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Standard on a separate computer.
Deploying Windows Essential Business Server Step-by-Step
Windows EBS is a tightly integrated solution comprised of server software on three separate servers configured to provide optimal performance while following best practices. You must follow the step-by-step deployment process and allow sufficient time to prepare and plan how you want to integrate the Windows EBS components.
Preparation and planning can take several days to complete. We recommend starting this activity at least three to eight weeks before you plan to install the software, depending on the complexity of your environment. Installing and configuring Windows EBS can usually be accomplished in two or three days. While some configuration tasks need to be accomplished soon after you finish installation, most tasks can be completed in the following weeks after Windows EBS is operational in your environment.
Step 1: Prepare your environment
8
Tool: Preparation Wizard
Disc: Windows EBS Installation Disc 1
Time: 1-3 weeks before deployment
Duration: 8 hours
Tool: Planning Wizard
Disc: Windows EBS Installation Disc 1
The first step to deploying Windows EBS is to make sure that the applications, server roles, and services running in your environment meet requirements that are critical to successfully integrating the Windows EBS technologies.
Your network environment needs to be functioning properly. If not, you must resolve any issues before installing Windows EBS. The Preparation Wizard assists you in analyzing your current environment and recommends changes that improve its readiness for Windows EBS deployment.
Note
The Preparation Wizard does not change anything in your environment. It analyzes the current environment and recommends actions you should take to resolve any issues it has found.
You must run the Preparation Wizard and verify that your network is ready for Windows EBS before you can run the Planning Wizard. One week before deployment, you should run the Preparation Wizard again to make sure your environment is still ready for Windows EBS.
For information on how to install and run the Preparation Wizard, see Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=122157.
Step 2: Plan your deployment
The next deployment step is to carefully plan how to integrate Windows EBS into your environment. In this step, you determine how Windows EBS will be deployed and collect information that you later use when you install Windows EBS on the three computers. For example, you decide whether to replace your existing firewall with the Security Server or use your existing firewall and the Security Server.
The Planning Wizard assists you in making decisions for your Windows EBS deployment. The tool guides you through identifying your current network topology, deciding how to implement network security, and assigning network addresses for the computers running Windows EBS. After you make these decisions and enter information into the wizard, you save and print the data to use during the Windows EBS software installation.
Note
The Planning Wizard does not change anything in your environment. It helps you collect important data about your current environment that you use during Windows EBS installation.
9
You must complete the Planning Wizard before you can install Windows EBS. You should
Duration: 2-3 days
Tool: Installation Wizard
Disc: Windows EBS Installation Disc 2, 3, and 4
Time: After installation
Duration: 12 hours
Tool: Guided Configuration and Migration Tasks page
complete the wizard no later than 30 days before deployment, preferably one to three weeks before installing Windows EBS, so that your planning information is current.
For information on how to install and run the Planning Wizard, see Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=122157.
Steps 3, 4, and 5: Install the software
Note
The duration of these steps includes the time it takes to run the Installation Wizard on each server. However, after prompting you for the initial information, the installation completes without requiring any additional information from you.
After you have prepared your environment and planned the deployment, you are ready to start installing the Windows EBS software. In these steps, you run the Installation Wizard on each computer in succession: first the Management Server, then the Security Server, and finally the Messaging Server. The Installation Wizard collects your planning data and then performs several tasks on each computer, including:
 Installing Windows Server® 2008 Standard for Windows Essential Server Solutions.
 Downloading and installing required updates for the Windows EBS technologies.
 Verifying that the environment is ready for deployment.
 Installing the Windows EBS technologies.
 Configuring core services.
The Installation Wizards install all of the required technologies for each computer and much more. We recommend that you allow at least two days for installing all three servers.
For detailed information on how to install Windows EBS, see Windows Essential Business Server Installation at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=108903
Step 6: Complete the configuration and migration tasks
10
After installation is finished, Windows EBS is operational, but not fully functional. To finish your deployment, you must complete several configuration and migration tasks. The Guided Configuration and Migration Tasks page is an integrated checklist that leads you through the work items required to make the Windows EBS technologies fully functional.
When you start the Administration Console on the Management Server for the first time, the Guided Configuration and Migration Tasks page appears with a list of tasks to finish and guidance for how to do them. As you finish each task, you mark it as complete. Some tasks are dependent on others, so you should complete them in the order in which they are shown on the page.
The time it takes to complete each task varies. Some tasks will take only a few minutes, such as activating the servers. Other tasks can take several hours, such as migrating user logon scripts and profiles. The Guided Configuration and Migration Tasks page provides easy-to-follow instructions for each task or provides a link to detailed guidance that you can read or download from the Microsoft Web site.
Windows EBS deployment is complete when all the tasks are finished. You can then begin using the full functionality of Windows EBS to manage and maintain your network environment.
Where to Find More Information
For more information about Windows EBS, see the following:
Windows Essential Business Server Technical Library at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=77645
Windows Essential Business Server Developer Library at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=122158
Windows Essential Business Server newsgroups at the Microsoft Web site http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=108914
Loading...