What you need for this book
The following is a list of softwares and supported operating systems required for this book:
- Software required Exchange Server 2013 or 2016
- OS required—Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, or Windows 2012 R2
- Hardware Required:
Component
Requirement
Processor
- x64 architecture-based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel 64 architecture (formerly known as Intel EM64T)
- AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform
- Intel Itanium IA64 processors not supported
Memory
Varies depending on Exchange roles that are installed:
- Mailbox 8GB minimum
- Edge Transport 4GB minimum
Paging file size
The minimum of page file size must be set to physical RAM plus 10 MB, to a maximum size of 32778 MB if you're using more than 32GB of RAM.
Disk space
- At least 30 GB on the drive on which you install Exchange
- An additional 500 MB of available disk space for each Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install
- 200 MB of available disk space on the system drive
- A hard disk that stores the message queue database on with at least 500 MB of free space
Drive
DVD-ROM drive, local, or network accessible
Screen resolution
1024 x 768 pixels or higher
To view complete system requirements of Exchange Server 2016, you can log on to https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719(v=exchg.160).aspx.
