The windows component server-gui-mgmt-infra isnt installed exchange 2013

KB ID 0001397

Problem

During the Exchange 2016 Setup Readiness Checks;

The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin

Solution

This is a known problem when installing Exchange 2016 on Server 2016, and was fixed in Exchange 2016 (Cumulative Update number 4). You are probably installing Exchange 2016 from the RTM media, (downloaded from Microsoft.)

You need to download a newer version of the Exchange 2016, install media, CU4 or newer. Use the following link;

Updates for Exchange 2016

Note: The update, is the full install media, (It might just look smaller, because it does not have every language pack in it!)

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Hi Readers

Went to install Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016 for the first time in ages and ran into this issue.

Error: The Windows Component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer

Regards
The Author – Blogabout.Cloud

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The Problem

When you try to install Exchange Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016, you may get the following error:

"The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn't installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin."

The Solution

If you get an above error, try solving it by following steps.

1. Download the newer version of CU from following link

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54450

2. Install it

3. Rerun the Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 setup again

• Installing Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016 the basics.
• Lets fix “Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra The name was not found“
• Recap

Installing Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016 the basics.

After Exchange 2016 came out I wanted to try it out, so I already downloaded the ISO. Then I had no more time to install Exchange 2016 and the installation waited longer than expected.

The Exchange readiness indicated that the Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra feature was not installed.

So I opened PowerShell and ran:

Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell -restart

But unfortunately I got the following error message:

“Install-WindowsFeature : ArgumentNotValid: The role, role service, or feature name is not valid:
‘Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra’. The name was not found.”

The first thing I did was a Google Search. Fortunately, or unfortunately I found the “solution” very quickly.

Unfortunately, Exchange 2013 will not be supported on Windows Server 2016 at all. Exchange 2016 will be supported on Windows Server 2016 at GA, however Exchange 2016 it is not guaranteed to work on TP5. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

So, I’m just going to keep this short. The standard ISO of Exchange does not offer what newer CUs do offer. It is best to download and install the latest CU directly. You can find the CU on technet.

Go to the download page directly here.

See below. This time Exchange got through the readiness check.

Recap

I have updated the post in response to feedback. The link to the Exchange CU3 was a direct link. Meanwhile, there is a CU9 out. From now on the link will go to the CU website.

Do you have any more feedback or additions to this post? Please leave a comment.

For a complete guide to install Exchange 2016 you can follow the tutorial from Technet.

Bas Wijdenes

My name is Bas Wijdenes and I work as a PowerShell DevOps Engineer. In my spare time I write about interesting stuff that I encounter during my work. View all posts by Bas Wijdenes