Microsoft have been listening which is great for administrators upgrading to 2010. Initially only available to assist in upgrading from Exchange 2003, the Exchange 2010 Deployment Assistant asks a few pertinent questions creating a step by step configuration guide to deploying 2010 safely.
Read More about the new deployment tool at the msexchangeteam.com Blog.
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/11/453172.aspx