Wednesday 16 December 2009

Exchange 2007 SP2 installing on SBS 2008

Exchange 2007 SP2 installation on Small Business Server 2008

Important: verified backup required before proceeding.

You can probably guess by the red lettering that the installation of Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2007 is going to be problematic.

Checking Exchange Version

Running either of the two following command in the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) will produce the ominous AdminDisplayVersion : Version 8.1 (***)

  1. Get-ExchangeServer ServerName | FT Name, AdminDisplayVersion
  2. Get-ExchangeServer | Format-List

If WSUS had installed SP2 AdminDisplayVersion : Version 8.2 (***)

Install SP2 or Not

The Official SBS Blog explains the problem and mentions a tool they are working on to deploy the service pack. I would agree with the official SBS blog team that for most people waiting for the SP installation tool is the best option.

Gotcha: All future Exchange 2007 Rollup Updates will require SP2 installed and is required for transition to Exchange 2010.

The Microsoft Support solution requires a registry change and stopping and starting of services to cure a list of possible side effects.

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