Lab setup of Exchange 2003 in vmware or virtual pc.

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Hello friends,

I want to try some more practice of exchange 2003 in my pc
P-4 1.4 Ghz, 1 Gb ram, 160 gb and host OS is Win2003 server.

How to configure lab setup in this vmware or virtual pc for more practice.

Please guide me newbee like me.

dynamik

How many machines are you planning on running at once? Those specs are going to be on the weak side for multiple machines running exchange.

If you have a socket 478 cpu, you can get a pretty decent upgrade for $50-60: http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/

It looks like you can only go up to 1.8 if you have the 423-pin version.

I'd also try to get up to 2gb of ram if your mobo supports it. That older memory is going to be pretty cheap: http://www.pricewatch.com/system_memory/

This is a good overview of how VMWare works: http://www.itidiots.com/content/view/65/67/

famosbrown

You'd also need VM's for other servers that are needed for Exchange installation, I.E. Directory Services, DNS, WINS, etc.