Installing Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Service Pack 3 has been released for Exchange 2010 for some time now and I’m about to install it (I always like to wait a while before installing service packs).  The key features are:

  • Coexistence with Exchange 2013
  • Support for Windows Server 2012
  • Many customer requested fixes

I have already downloaded the SP3 installer but first I am required to prepare Active Directory by updating the Schema.  This is achieved by running the following command:

Setup /PrepareAD

Setup_PrepareAD

Also, I have had to ensure the following prerequisites are installed:

Now these have been taken care of I can install the Service Pack…

1. Browse to the folder containing the extracted files and run Setup.exe

2. Click Install Microsoft Exchange Server Upgrade

Welcome_Screen

3. At the introduction screen click Next

4. Accept the license agreement and click Next

5. Allow the Readiness Checks to complete

Readiness_Checks

6. Click Upgrade and wait while the service pack is installed

Upgrade_Progress

I’m happy to say that the upgrade completed without any errors and now, when I open EMC and navigate to Server Configuration, I can see that the version of the server has increased from 14.2 to 14.3

Server_Version

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