From here you have two options, one “ok” and one preferred. The issue appears to be with the installer not recognizing the version installed on the server as meeting the requirements (probably some prerequisite checks that are hard-coded). Since this is Window Server 2016, we are obviously running an IIS version greater than 7.0. If you browse to the MSI on the installation media and try to install it manually, the wizard displays the following error about need IIS 7.0 or greater to install the module: Next, during Step 2 of the Deployment Wizard, when attempting to install the IIS URL Rewrite module, it will fail but does not explain why: This altered my PowerShell install command to the following:Īdd-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS, Web-Server, Web-Static-Content, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Net-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Filtering, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Dyn-Compression, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Scripting-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Telnet-Client, Windows-Identity-Foundation The following steps outline what I did to install this in my lab without Internet access.įirst, when installing the required Windows Roles and Features for a Standard Edition server, the “Desktop-Experience” is no longer available as a feature to be installed. It does not address what to do if you are working in an environment where access to Microsoft updates is not allowed or forced through another service like SCCM, nor does it address any changes in the prerequisites required for the server. The article above assumes the server has connectivity to the Internet to be able to download the latest updates. This blog post will hopefully provide some additional guidance and support for your installation. While Microsoft does provide a basic guide on how to install Skype on Windows Server 2016, I found that article lacking in detail on some of the finer points. This comes on the heels of the May 2017 update for Skype for Business Server 2015, and it has been anticipated that this update would provide the support.

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