Exchange 2007 and Windows 2003 SP1 Hotfixes
Every now and then something actually useful lands in my Inbox and my thanks goes to MarkS in the UK GTSC for sending this on. I think it explains itself :)
Hot-Fixes
Grab the security hot-fixes for the operating system from https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx.
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=931836 (2007 DST Update)
Exchange 2007 Requirements
If you are going to install Exchange 2007, you will also need these fixes:
- https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b44a0000-acf8-4fa1-affb-40e78d788b00&DisplayLang=en (.NET FW 2.0)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=907265 (MMC 3.0)
- https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=74465 (.NET FW 2.0 Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=926139 (Powershell 1.0)
If the Operating System is Windows Server 2003 SP1:
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=904639 (MDAC Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=918980 (MDAC Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=921181 (File Share Witness)
- https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;919166 (Address Book fix)
In addition, if you are going to install Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging role, you will also need these fixes:
- https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c0bcf-3bcf-4009-be21-27e85e1857b1&DisplayLang=en (XML 6.0 Core Services)
- https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CC41218D-7E37-4546-BF0B-1276959EE3EF&displaylang=en (WM9 Series Encoder)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917312 (WM9 Voice Codec Fix)
In addition, if you are going to install Exchange 2007 Edge Transport role, you will need:
SP1 Hot-Fixes
If still using Windows Server 2003 SP1, then install these hot-fixes.
Grab the security hot-fixes for the operating system from https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx.
Install the cluster-specific Post-SP1 hot-fixes on cluster servers - https://support.microsoft.com/?id=923830
Grab these Windows Server 2003 Post-SP1 hot-fixes:
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=913648 (VSS Rollup)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=898790 (Volume Mount Point Cluster Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=905214 (SMTPSVC Fix – for Exchange 2003)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=916048 (StorPort Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=907865 (IPSec Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=910311 (NTFS Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=931836 (2007 DST Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/?id=905865 (Terminal Services Working Set Size Fix)
- https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;918976 (Paged Pool fix)
Cluster specific fixes
- https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;923830 (General Cluster fixes)
- https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;930952 (Inetinfo failure on a cluster)