Updates required for Exchange Server 2007

Getting an Windows 2003 server ready to support Exchange Server 2007 can be a bit time consuming since there are a number of updates that are not currently in the Microsoft or Windows Updates downloads. The E2K7 setup program is pretty good about letting you know what it needs, but here are a list of updates and software that should be installed prior to installing Exchange 2007:

• .NET Framework 2.0
• KB 907265: MMC 3.0 update is available for Windows Server 2003 and for Windows XP
• KB 926139: Windows PowerShell v1.0 (remove any previous version that is installed)
• KB 918980: FIX: The IRow::GetColumns function of the Exchange OLE DB provider...
• KB 921181: File share witness feature and a configurable cluster heartbeats
• KB 924441: A Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer that is using an AMD PowerNow! driver stops responding
• KB 928368: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007
• KB 898060: Installing security update MS05-019 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 may cause network connectivity between clients and servers to fail
• KB 898790: Volume mount points on disks in a server cluster may intermittently become unavailable after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
• KB 919166: The address book function in Exchange 2007 is broken when an Exchange OWA client and a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller do not have the same locale setting
• KB 904639: An access violation may occur when you try to run a 64-bit program that uses the interface remoting component of MDAC 2.8 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003