Installing Exchange Server 2007 • Chapter 2 57 Licensing an Exchange 2007 Server Unlike Exchange Server 2000 and 2003, you have to license Exchange Server 2007. By default, Exchange Server 2007 has a built-in time bomb (120 days), as you will notice the fi rst time you launch the Exchange Management Console, when you will be presented with a dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 2.23. If you purchased and have a Standard or Enterprise product key ready, now is a good time to license your Exchange 2007 server. Figure 2.23 The License Warning NOTE You will not be able to license a 32-bit version of Exchange Server 2007 because this version is meant for testing and other evaluation purposes. 58 Chapter 2 • Installing Exchange Server 2007 Figure 2.24 Selecting the Exchange 2007 Servers That Are to Be Licensed 3. In the Enter Product Key Wizard, enter your product key license and click Enter (see Figure 2.25). To license an Exchange Server 2007 server, you will need to perform the following steps: 1. Open the Exchange Management Console, then select the Server Confi guration work center node. 2. You will be presented with a list of Exchange 2007 servers in your Exchange organization in the work pane. Select the server you want to license and click Enter Product Key in the Actions pane on the right (see Figure 2.24). Installing Exchange Server 2007 • Chapter 2 59 Figure 2.25 Entering the Product Key 4. On the Completion page, click Finish (see Figure 2.26). NOTE If you’re licensing an Exchange 2007 Enterprise Server with the Mailbox server role installed, you need to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service for the change to be refl ected in the EMC. 60 Chapter 2 • Installing Exchange Server 2007 To verify that an Exchange 2007 Server has been properly licensed, you can open the Properties page for the respective server. If the server is licensed, you’ll see a Product ID number under the General tab, as shown in Figure 2.27. If it isn’t licensed, it will show Unlicensed instead of a product ID number. Figure 2.26 Exchange 2007 Server Successfully Licensed Installing Exchange Server 2007 • Chapter 2 61 Figure 2.27 The Properties Page for a Licensed Exchange 2007 Server NOTE You can also license an Exchange 2007 server using the Exchange Management Shell. To do so, run the following command: Set-ExchangeServer –Identity Servername – ProductKey <product key that consists of 25 digits>. . be presented with a dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 2.23. If you purchased and have a Standard or Enterprise product key ready, now is a good time to license your Exchange 2007. Exchange Server 2007 • Chapter 2 57 Licensing an Exchange 2007 Server Unlike Exchange Server 2000 and 2003, you have to license Exchange Server 2007. By default, Exchange Server 2007 has a built-in. to license a 32-bit version of Exchange Server 2007 because this version is meant for testing and other evaluation purposes. 58 Chapter 2 • Installing Exchange Server 2007 Figure 2.24 Selecting