Hi , before installing exchange 2013 on your domain , maybe you will need some roles installed ( or in case of disaster recovery on another server) , it’s useful to know which roles & patchs you need to install
Features & patchs
- .NET Framework 4.5
- Windows Management Framework 3.0
- Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 4.0
- Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs (64Bit)
- Microsoft Office Filter Pack 2010
- Desktop Experience (script)
- RSAT tools
- extend the schema ( if its first install )
Here is a little script that install most part of features needed & roles
Install-WindowsFeature AS-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, Web-Mgmt-Console, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Digest-Auth, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Mgmt-Service, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, Windows-Identity-Foundation