SharePoint 2013 Installation steps

The next version of SharePoint introduces new ways to share your work and work with others, organize your projects and teams and discover people and information. So many organisations moving to SharePoint 2013. For detail hardware & software requirement please refer to this Microsoft site

Software Download

SharePoint 2013 setup

Please note that there are two versions to download(180 days free trail):

All Cumulative upgrades can be found below

June 2014 update

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

May 2014 update

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

April 2014 update (Includes Service Pack 1)

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

December 2013 update

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

October 2013 update

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

August 2013 update

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

Also Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2013 can be downloaded & applied separately. Link to Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (KB2880552)

Operating System

SharePoint 2013 can be installed on following Operating system(180 days free trail):
Operating Systems like Windows 7 / Vista etc. are not supported in the SharePoint 2013 version.

SQL Database

SharePoint 2013 runs with 64 bits of following versions of SQL server.

Installation steps

OS Installation

On running the bootable DVD you should be prompted with the setup.exe as shown below:
Use the GUI option in the further step:
Please note that this operating system installation step can be skipped if you already have Windows Server in place. Ensure your Operating System has a valid domain integration.

SQL Database Setup

Before installation you need to create a domain account to specify it during the SQL Server installation.

SharePoint 2013 Installation

After installing the operating system & database server we can continue with the actual SharePoint 2013 Installation. Run the setup.bat from the extracted files root folder.

Install software pre-requisites

Following are the prerequisites for SharePoint Foundation 2013
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
  • Windows Management Framework 3.0 (CTP2)
  • Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
  • Windows Identity Foundation (KB974405)
  • Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
  • Windows Server AppFabric
  • Microsoft Identity Extensions
  • Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client
  • Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
  • Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763)
You can install the pre-requisites using the Install software prerequisites option from the main screen.  In case of internet connection unavailable, then download & install would be possible.

Click on the Install software prerequisites link to automatically install all the pre required software.
After the above step you can proceed with the actual installation.
Choose the installation as Standalone and click the Install Now button as shown below.
Wait for a few minutes for the installation to be completed.
Once the installation is completed you will be launched with the Products Configuration Wizard.
Specify your database name and credentials in the following page:
Enter the Farm Security Phrase of your own:
Wait for the configuration activities to be completed. This should take around 10 minutes.
Once the Configuration is done you will get the following message. The textboxes shows your appropriate machine parameters.

Central Administration

Following is the screen shot of Central Administration in SharePoint 2013. You can open this from the Start Menu.
Click on the Start the Wizard button as shown above to configure your farm settings. Once the farm configuration is done you should be able to see the following screen.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Auto-Generating Filenames for InfoPath Forms

Image
Auto-Generating Filenames for InfoPath Forms – I see this topic come up a LOT on forums all over the place, so instead of continuing to answer the question time and time again, I am going to post a quick blog entry showing the steps.  I think this stuff is fairly simple, but it just doesn’t pop into your head initially.  Once you see it and understand it, you’ll think it’s simple, too.  Keep in mind that I focus entirely on SharePoint-based InfoPath forms and for the most part BROWSER-ENABLED forms.  So, it’s possible and likely that all concepts explained here will work for non-browser forms and non-SharePoint forms, but just remember that my perspective is mostly browser-enabled.  The basis for this topic is that the standard method for submitting InfoPath browser-enabled forms is for the user to click Save at which point the user is prompted to give a filename along with choosing to allow overwrite.  I really dislike this feature, because users have no ...
Read more

Migration from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Image
Migration steps from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 System Requirements For migration from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 the minimum requirement is WSS SP2 and Office Server SP2 must be installed in the MOSS 2007 server. So before upgrade the content database make sure both the things are installed in the source server Preupgrade check Preupgradecheck command will let us know about the things that may restrict us to upgrade the database in SharePoint 2010 server. Before upgradation we need to fixed up all the steps which are failed in the preupgradecheck. Backup Content Database of MOSS 2007 site Before start taking backup of the database first go to the Manage Content Databases section in the Central Administration site and check the name of the database attach to your site. Central Administration  Application Management->Manage Content databases Open SQL Server right click on the database  Tasks  Back Up Click on Add button and browse to the path where you want ...
Read more

Creating Three-state workflow in SharePoint 2010

Image
The Three-state workflow tracks the 3 states in a list to manage the business processes. Example Three states for Issue List could be Open, Resolved and Closed. Three state workflow supports to track the list item or issue through states. The workflow assigns a task to a person and sends an email to that person. When workflow is completed it updates the status of the item or issue. By default Three-state workflow works with the Issue Tracking list template. To use the Three-state workflow, you must define a list to use the workflow and it must contain some items. Two options to use the 3 state workflow Create a Issue-Tracking list which is having 3 state workflow Create a custom list to use the workflow Creating an Issue-Tracking list with 3 state workflow 1. In Team site, All site content page , click create 2. In the create dialogue, click Issue-Tracking and type a name for the list 3. Enter the description for the list as shown below Create a custom list and add a...
Read more