Topic Last Modified: 2007-08-13
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 setup displayed this warning because you are installing the 32-bit version of Microsoft Exchange.
Exchange 2007 is available in two platform versions: one platform version (the 64-bit version) is for live production environments and the other platform version (the 32-bit version) is for non-production environments (such as labs, training facilities, demo, and evaluation environments). Only the 64-bit version can be purchased because you cannot run 32-bit Exchange 2007 servers in production.
There are two exceptions with respect to production and non-production use of the 32-bit platform because Microsoft does allow minimal supported use of the 32-bit version in production environments. Specifically:
- You can use the 32-bit version of the Exchange Management Tools
in production to administer Exchange 2007 servers from
Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. At this time, you
cannot use either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version on
Windows Vista, or on Windows Server 2008. Support
for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is
expected to be delivered in Service Pack 1 for
Exchange 2007.
- You can use the 32-bit version of Setup in production to extend
your Active Directory directory service schema. For detailed
steps to prepare Active Directory for Exchange 2007, see
How to Prepare Active Directory and Domains.
All other uses of the 32-bit version of Exchange 2007 in production environments are unsupported.
To download the 32-bit version of the Exchange Management Tools, see "Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit)" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82335). For more information about Exchange 2007 platform versions, see "Exchange Server 2007: Platforms, Editions, and Versions" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88051) in the Exchange 2007 product documentation.