Installing Exchange Server Archiver on the Exchange server

When you install Exchange Server Archiver, you are recommended to install it on a different server from Exchange Server. If you do this, no software is installed on your Exchange server, unless you choose to install the optional Outlook® Web Access Add-in.

However, if required, you can install Exchange Server Archiver on the same server as Exchange Server, but you should note the following points.

User Archive Access Service

You should consider carefully where you want to install the User Archive Access (UAA) Service.

The UAA Service enables your users to access archived messages. It is a Web service and Web site hosted on IIS. It can be installed on the default Web site with Outlook Web Access (OWA), or on a new Web site.

If you choose to install on the OWA Web site and it is not configured to use port 80, you must run the UAA Service installer from the command line and specify the parameter WEBSITE_PORT. For example:

msiexec /i "ESA User Archive Access Service x86.msi" WEBSITE_PORT=8080

Note that if you choose to create a new Web site and you are using IIS 5.1, you cannot use SSL as the communication protocol.

For more information, see Installing the UAA Service.

Archive Stores

For best performance, locate the Exchange Server Archiver Archive Stores on a different disk from the Exchange Server mailbox database and log files.

Further information

For more information about the architecture of Exchange Server Archiver, see Technical overview.

For a pdf file containing all the information on installing and configuring Exchange Server Archiver, see Installing Exchange Server Archiver.

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