“The start mode for the Net. TCP Port Sharing service must be set to Automatic before Setup can continue”

In order to install Exchange 2010 Client Access Server role installation on Windows 2008 R2 its one of the pre-requisite that you change the startup mode for Net. TCP Port Sharing service from manual to automatic otherwise you will see this error during Rediness Check.

“The start mode for the Net. TCP Port Sharing service must be set to Automatic before Setup can continue.”

Resolution:

Change startup mode of “Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service” from Manual to Auto by running this command in PowerShell.

Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automatic

Exchange 2010 Prerequisites

-Zohaib Hafeez