Topic Last Modified: 2009-06-02

During the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer performs the following operations:

If the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer determines that Exchange 2010 is being installed on a computer that is running Windows Web Server 2008 or Windows Web Server 2008 R2, the tool generates the following error message:

This computer is running Windows Web Server 2008 or Windows Web Server 2008 R2. Exchange Server 2010 is not supported on this operating system.

Exchange 2010 is not supported on computers that are running Windows Web Server 2008 or Windows Web Server 2008 R2.

To work around this issue, install Exchange 2010 on a computer that is running one of the following operating systems:

For More Information

For more information about the installation requirements for Exchange 2010, see Exchange 2010 System Requirements.