Installing the product

Important:
To run the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) installation program on Exchange Server 2007, you must have Local Admin privileges. For information about requirements when installing FPE on Exchange Server 2010, see Security credentials required for installing on Exchange Server 2010.

Note:
FPE ships with the Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. The management pack is an optional component that works with Operations Manager 2007 and is used to monitor the health of your FPE systems. FPE works correctly if the management pack is not installed.

You can run the FPE installer by:

Double-clicking the forefrontexchangesetup.exe file—This launches the Setup Wizard and proceeds with the full installation steps described in Installing on a standalone server by using the Setup Wizard.

Note:

By launching the installer in this manner, you cannot input any external options and parameters.
Running the extracted setup.exe file from a command prompt in order to specify external options and parameters—If you do not specify parameters, Setup launches the Setup Wizard. You can also launch the following “unattended” installation types from a command prompt:
- Silent installation with an answer file.
- Passive installation with an answer file.
For information about these installation types, see Installing from a command prompt - specifying parameters.

Note:
By launching the installer in this manner, you cannot input any external options and parameters.

Each option caters to a different scenario, but all options ensure the following:

All product components are installed.
The file structure, files, services, and registry keys are created.
The product is correctly configured and logs errors as necessary.
If a non-FPE antimalware product is already protecting your Exchange environment, it will be disabled in favor of FPE during the installation.

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