Prerequisites List (Windows 7 x64):

• Windows 7 Features:

Supported Operating Systems for running Exchange Management Tools:

• Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 2
• Windows 7 64-bit
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit with Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2008 R2

Installing Windows features:

Open up the control panel, click on Programs and then click on “Turn windows features On or Off:

Install the following features:

• IIS 6 Management Console
• IIS MetaBase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1

Copy the Setup Files of Exchange 2010 to the windows 7 machine and extract it.

Right click on the setup file and choose “Run As Administrator”

• Click Next to continue.

• Accept the License Agreement and then click Next.

• Make your selection and then click Next.

• Click on Custom Exchange Server Installation, the box will indent.
• Make sure the tick box is NOT selected and then click Next.

• Select Management Tools as shown above, make sure the “Automatically install Windows roles” tick box is NOT selected.
• Click Next.

• Once the readiness checks have completed click the Install button. If there are any errors first fix those.
• When the installation is complete click on the Finish button.
• To Launch the Management Console click on Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 menu.

Installing Exchange 2010 Management Tools on Windows 7 x64 Error:

• If you get the above error then make sure you didn’t select the tick box to install the server features.
• Try launch the setup with “Run As Administrator” to get rid of this error.

Hope it helps.