Exchange 2010 upgrade to Exchange 2016

Navishkar Sadheo 

I would say to ensure that any Exchange 2010 servers that you have in your environment need to be fully service packed and up to date before you install your Exchange 2016 server and update your hybrid configuration.  

You will need to install the prerequisites for Exchange 2016 on your server which include running the following in PowerShell;

Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation, RSAT-ADDS

Install the Microsoft Unified Communications Managed Api 4.0 on the Exchange 2016 server from - 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=34992

Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 redistributable (x64) on the Exchange 2016 server from - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=40784

Install the .Net 4.7.2 framework onto the Exchange 2016 server from - https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net472

Next, you need to extend your AD schema for the Exchange 2016 attributes.  This is done as follows;

Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell as below;

$Cred=GET-CREDENTIAL 

$s = NEW-PSSESSION -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $Cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection 

$importresults=import-pssession $s 

Export the tenantconfig.xml file by running the following;

Get-OrganizationConfig | Export-Clixml -Path TenantConfig.XML

Next, prepare the schema as below - setting the folder path to where you saved the xml file.,

./Setup.exe /PrepareAD /TenantOrganizationConfig c:\temp\TenantConfig.xml /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms

Then, prepare the domains 

./Setup.exe /PrepareAllDomains /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseterms

Export the public SSL cert from your Exchange 2016 onto your Exchange 2016 server

Then you can run the Exchange server installation setup wizard.  Once complete, logon to the Exchange Admin Centre and import the SSL cert and bind to the requires services.  

Set the virtual directories and the client access service.

Reboot the server.

Now you can re-run the hybrid configuration wizard and update your hybrid config for Exchange 2016.

Job done!