XCLN: Microsoft Exchange Shared Client Setup

ID: Q147500

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to set up shared installations of Microsoft Exchange version 4.0 clients.


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The first thing an administrator needs to do is create a client installation point. To do this, you need to:

  1. Run SETUP.EXE from the Microsoft Exchange Client compact disc and the correct language subdirectory.


  2. Choose Change Folder to select the location of the client installation point.


  3. Choose either Complete to create an installation point with all Exchange clients, or Custom to pick the subset of Exchange Clients that you want to make available.


  4. After Setup is complete, share this folder with full access rights for the administrator.


To set up an Exchange Client network share for WINDOWS USERS, follow the steps below:
  1. From File Manager on a computer running the same version of Windows that users will be running, connect to the client installation point.


  2. Change to the appropriate subdirectory for this version of Windows. For Windows NT, also change to the subdirectory corresponding to the processor type: i386, ALPHA, MIPS, or Power PC.


  3. From the File menu, choose Run.


  4. In the Run box, type setup /a.


  5. Choose Change Folder to specify the location of the Exchange network share.


  6. After Setup completes, share this folder with read access rights for all users.


You need to repeat the steps above for each version of Windows that users will be running.

Users who are not running shared versions of Windows can then connect to the Exchange network share created above and run SETUP.EXE, choosing the Workstation option. Please note that although Windows NT cannot be configured to run from a network share, Microsoft Exchange Client for Windows NT can be run from a network share.

To set up an Exchange Client network share for MS-DOS USERS, follow the steps below:
  1. Create an Exchange network share on a server with full access for the administrator and read access for the users.


  2. From an MS-DOS computer, connect to the Exchange network share and the installation point.


  3. From an MS-DOS computer, run SETUP.EXE in the DOS subdirectory on the installation point. Choose the Shared option to install client files on the Exchange network share.


  4. Modify the user's logon script to automatically connect the client computer to the Exchange network share when the user logs on.


The MS-DOS Exchange users can then connect to the Exchange network share and run SETUP.EXE, choosing the Workstation option.

For users who are running a SHARED COPY OF WINDOWS OR MS-DOS, the administrator may need to:
  1. Create duplicate operating system network shares so that one copy of the share is available for existing system users and another copy is available to configure for users migrating to the Microsoft Exchange Client. If existing users are using MS Mail or Schedule+ 1.0, they will lose functionality if Microsoft Exchange is installed in the shared Windows directory.


  2. Make sure the clients and the computer used to set up the Microsoft Exchange Client network share are running the same shared copy of Windows and install Microsoft Exchange files in the Windows \SYSTEM directory on the network share server.


  3. Verify that there is a shared directory on a server to use as the home directory for each user. The user must have read and write access to the contents in the directory.


  4. Modify the user's logon script to automatically connect the client computer to the Microsoft Exchange network share and to the user's home directory when the user logs on.


The users running a shared copy of Windows or MS-DOS will then run SETUP.EXE from the Exchange network share to install the Exchange client software. They must specify the Workstation option and the path to their home directory while running Setup.

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Keywords          : XCLN 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: March 17, 1999