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For obvious reasons do NOT run Exchange 2010 in production. This is a virtual machine, and a virtual environment. I will not be opening ports and the domains used here are mostly fictitious.

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Today I attempt to install Exchange 2010 on a VM. No I’m not doing this on real hardware you can go do one.

But First…The Basics

In order to use Exchange 2010, you need archaic Windows Server. So we will grab Server 2008 R2 for this one.

But wait! In order to install 2010, you also need an Active Directory domain. So we will install that first!

BUT WAIT! In order to do ANY of this we’ll need VMware and THAT is a whole adventure on its own. So we will start this article there.

How2 Viem Ware

1. Go to support.broadcom.com
2. Log in
   1. Have your password be expired because i don’t fucking know fuck me i guess
3. Start the password reset
4. Check your email and wait literally 10 minutes.
5. Enter the code
6. Change your password
7. Log in
8. Go to the downloads tab
9. Click on the separate tab for free downloads
10. Click on the terms of service link
11. Check the box
12. download vmware

12 steps for something that took 3. 4 if we’re being charitable. THANKS BROADCOM, you FUCKING SUCK