I have already described the installation on Server 2012, but Server 2008R2 is also supported. My test environment looks like this:
SRVDC01 is a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. I am installing Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2 on SRVEX01.
In order to install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2, the prerequisites must first be installed, the easiest way to do this is via Powershell:
Import modules ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework, NET-HTTP-Activation, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Web-Server, WAS-Process-Model, Web-Asp-Net, 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-Ext, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Server, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Static-Content, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-WMI, RSAT-ADDS
After restarting the SRVEX01 server, a few packages still need to be installed:
http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=30653
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2619234
http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=26755
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34992
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26604
http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=17331
A few restarts later, Exchange 2013 can then be installed:
I install the mailbox and the Client Access role:
Here you can select whether the new Anti-Malware Engine should be active:
After setup has run through, either Powershell or EAC can be used to configure Exchange 2013.
https://SRVEX01/ecp