Ok, I am still rather new to exchange. But here is where I am stuck at. I will give you as many details as possible. Server 1: I ran DCPromo to make it a new domain. Silvestro.com (last name for testing) Then configure the server for DNS and DHCP. I set the range for 191.166.100.1 - 191.166.100.10. I did not do anything after that. Server 2: Installed server, joined it to the silvestro.com domain. Then went into add/remove and configured all of the IIS, asp.net, etc. then ran exchange. After exchange successfully installed... left it alone. Client: Joined it to the domain, logged on, and then ran outlook setup. It asked for the exchange server name, I put it in and it can not find the user or server. Server 1:DNS/DHCP DC 191.166.100.1 Server 2:Exchange 191.166.100.4 Client: 191.166.100.10 What am I missing? Or what else must I do just to get a simple setup and this all working? J.Silvestro

Please verify if the machines can ping through each other Please run the following commands on the Exchange server, where <DCNAME> is the NetBIOS name of a DC that exchange is connecting to. Please make sure both the above text files are error free. If there are errors, it has to be resolved before proceeding further NETDIAG /v >ExchNetDiag.txt DCDIAG /v /s:<DCNAME> >ExchDCDiag.txt Please run the same commands on the DC, and also make sure both the above text files are error free as well. If they have errors, please ask the question in windows server related forums to seek the advice NETDIAG /v >DCNetDiag.txt DCDIAG /v >DCDCDiag.txt Please run ExBPA against the exchange server for health checkJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com