SharePoint 2013;SharePoint 2013 Installation

Software’s Used

I hope you know how to Install Windows Server 2012 on a HyperV, VMware or any other cloud hosting sites like skytap or cloudshare.

Restart the server.

Installing SharePoint 2013

Automatic Restart on Finish.

When Setup Finishes. Uncheck the Run the Product Configuration Wizard and Click Finish.

Let’s Install SQL Server.

I have downloaded SQL Server 2012 Enterprise with SP1

5:12 PM

Created a Folder in C Drive SQL Server with three subfolders 1 for Analysis Services, 1 for DB and 1 for Log Files.

Not Necessary.

Take a Coffee Break (Highly Recommended)

Now Let’s Create Users

Although we can create as many as 7 account but remember I am setting up a Test VM so we will create 3.

SP_Farm, SP_Content and SP_Services

click Next and Finish.

Repeat the same step for SP_Content

The other accounts that you can create for Multi Server Farm are

SP_Search, SP_UserProfile, and any other account that need for Service Apps like Excel, PerformancePoint.

Now go to apps and Open SQL Server Configuration Manager to check TCP IP Protocol is enabled or not.

Also Check the Required Services are running. Stop and Set to manual the services that you do not need.

Let’s Test the login to SQL Server

Let’s Run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard.

Click Next

Click Yes

Enter Your SQL Server Name in Single Server it can be your machine Name. If you have installed Named instance you have to enter Machine\InstanceName

Enter SharePoint Farm Admin User. This user should not have any access to SharePoint. In my case I am using Administrator. You can use SP_Farm Account here.

You can change the Farm Account after installation of SharePoint from Central Admin.

Enter passphrase

Enter Central Admin Port

Review Changes

Click Finish to Start Central Administration for the firs time.

I clicked Cancel as I do not want to create all the service applications using the Wizard. I will create them one by one.

Now Install Visual Studio 2012

Now also Install the First Visual Studio 2012 Update from here

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/visual-studio-update

Let’s Create some Sample Users in Active Directory

First download the script from my sky drive

Copy it to C Drive

Coupe of things to make sure. Open the AddUsersToAd.vbs file and Find and Replace contoso with your domain name and com with your e.g. LOC or edu etc.