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title: "Installing Exchange overnight, oh my!"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/8/17/installing-exchange-overnight-oh-my.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/8/17/installing-exchange-overnight-oh-my.html"
published: "2005-08-17T00:11:00"
updated: "2005-08-17T00:11:00"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Last night spent 6 or so hours installing Microsoft Exchange on our home server, so that I can *finally* be able to synchronize my mail, calendar and tasks through my laptop when I go off to various places. It all…"
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# Installing Exchange overnight, oh my!

By Roy Osherove August 17, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 17, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

Last night spent 6 or so hours installing Microsoft Exchange on our home server, so that I can \*finally\* be able to synchronize my mail, calendar and tasks through my laptop when I go off to various places.

It all really hit home when, for my upcoming birthday(today!), I asked (and got) permission spend the funds to upgrade an old computer into a Windows Media Center at home. That also meant \*finally\* getting a wireless network setup at home so things are starting to actually look like something here.

It was my first time installing exchange and boy was that **not** a piece of cake! But, 6 hours in, with the help of some friends on line, I was able to make it. It actually says a lot, that someone with virtually no experience installing the thing can get up and running with such a complex server system in less than a full night's work.

I pretty much bet that this would not have been as easy with Linux, though I really can't be too sure.

Kudos for making the installation guide actually usable, Microsoft.

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