Hi,
I am struggling with a completely clean installation of Server 2012 R2 and Exchange 2013 SP1. I followed these steps:
- Installed Server OS
- Windows Updates
- Added Active Directory Role (This is a single standalone server that would have been SBS until it was dropped)
- Added DHCP & DNS
- Added Certificate Services
- Added Windows Server Update Services (WID Database & WSUS Services)
- Windows Updates
- Added Media Foundation
- Added File Server Resource Manager and Work Folders
- Added Windows Server Backup
- Windows Updates
- Checked all running without errors in Server Manager and performed a full bare bones backup.
- Ran Setup.exe from Exchange 2013 SP1 disc.
- Installed Pre-requisites and then rebooted
- Windows Updates
- Ran Setup.exe from Exchange 2013 SP1 disc.
- Installation completed without errors
- Rebooted
- Checked all running without errors in Server Manager.
I Launch Exchange Administrative Center and get "problem with website's server certificate error" (normal on machine with self-assigned certificates). Click Continue to Website and get:
Windows Security dialog box:
iexplore - "The server localhost is asking for your username and password. The server reports that it is from Digest"
however no username and password combination will work: have tried [Administrator]; [Domain\Administrator] even created a user to no avail.
I believe the issue is somewhere in the IIS configuration because I also get the same error when trying to log into the server website from either the server or another machine on the network.
I have tried the complete installation three times now: (full disclosure not all of the same features/roles each time). On the first attempt I got this error immediately and on try number 2 was able to get into the EAC and created the mailboxes
but then it started giving the same error. The above steps are try number 3.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Andy Halford
P.S. A Follow up which might be significant: The Default Web Site is not running and will not start (it was previously running before the Exchange installation) and when I try I get the message that Another Website may be using the same port however none of the others (Exchange Back End or WSUS Administration) are using ports 80 or 443 and I still get the error when they are both stopped.