Microsoft KB Archive/894294

= The circumstances when we support and when we do not support an unattended installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 =

PSS ID Number: 894294

Article Last Modified on 3/4/2005

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
This article discusses the circumstances when we support and when we do not support an unattended installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.



MORE INFORMATION
We support an unattended installation of Exchange 2003 under the following circumstances:
 * You install Exchange 2003 in an organization that already has an Exchange 2003 computer.
 * You upgrade from Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange 2003 in an organization that already has an Exchange 2003 computer.
 * You install Exchange 2003 in Reinstall mode.
 * You install Exchange 2003 in Disaster recovery mode.
 * You install Exchange 2003 in Domainprep mode.

We do not support an unattended installation of Exchange 2003 under the following circumstances:
 * You install Exchange 2003 in ForestPrep mode.
 * You remove Exchange 2003.
 * You install Exchange 2003 on a cluster node.
 * You install Exchange 2003 in Maintenance mode.

Note This includes the addition of or removal of individual Exchange 2003 components.
 * You install the first computer that is running Exchange 2003 Server in the organization.
 * You install Exchange 2003 in a non-native, mixed mode, environment.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

312363 How to install Exchange 2000 Server in unattended mode

For additional information about the unattended mode of the Exchange Setup program, see the Unattended Installations of Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server technical document. To view this document, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/deploy/unattended.mspx

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