The Exchange management tools are supported on servers running Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later, and also on Windows 8 and Windows 7 client computers.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.ValidOSVersionForAdminTools.aspx
That is the Error message I am receiving on installation. On multiple servers.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
this is pulled from the Microsoft Exchange System Requirements page 4/19/2014
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We don’t support the installation of Exchange 2013 on a computer that’s running in Windows Server Core mode. The computer must be running the full installation of Windows Server. If you want to install Exchange 2013 on a computer that’s running in Windows Server Core mode, you must convert the server to a full installation of Windows Server by doing one of the following:Windows Server 2008 R2 Reinstall Windows Server and select theFull Installation option.
Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Convert your Windows Server Core mode server to a full installation by running the following command.
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell -Restart
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa996719(v=exchg.150).aspx - Link to the Microsoft Resource page.
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I Have not notices anyone else running into this thump, (yet)-. If you guys stubble upon anything similar, or have
any suggestions please let me know. Thanks!
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