Installing and Configuring SharePoint 2013 on a Test Machine without screwing it up (too badly) Todd Klindt (master install screwer upper)

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Who is this Todd guy? WSS MVP since 2006 Speaker, writer, consultant, lover of cheese Personal Blog Company web site Twitter

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Agenda Start the farm build Talk about building the foundation Configure the farm Par-tay! All slides, scripts, and a few pictures of my cat at

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Create the Farm Foundation is laid (more on that later) Prereqs are installed Even the forgotten prereqs (updated) Bits are installed Use PowerShell to thwart GUID creation

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Demo time Let’s build ourselves a SharePoint farm (EIEIO)

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Hardware considerations Can I squeeze this all into one box? 24 GB of RAM for SharePoint Server for SQL and SharePoint 12 GB of RAM for just SharePoint Server 4 Cores I get by with 10 GB, barely…

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Laying down the foundation The characters Windows Server 2012 Trial, SQL Server bit Trial, SP1, SharePoint Server More Prerequisites

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Foundation goodies Use PowerShell to create an AD domain Fiddle some domain and machine bits Create service accounts Create user accounts Ring the bell! Tweak Windows a bit Make sp_install local admin Turn off IE Enhanced Security Config Add Desktop Experience on test machines

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | SQL 2012 Database engine and client tools Add a user to the administrators Set maximum memory Set the Max Degree of Parallelism to 1 Change Model database settings Add sp_install to dbcreators and securityadmins roles

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Creating the Farm Use PowerShell to create the farm New-SPConfigurationDatabase Can use PowerShell for the rest or use the Wizard Check MAXDOP

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Configuring the Farm Some PowerShell, some CA No Wizards! Similar to my SharePoint 2010 installation process Managed Metadata with PowerShell needs an extra kick Set up App Domain service with PowerShell Create Web Apps with PowerShell

RACKSPACE® HOSTING | Links and bits My blog SharePoint 2013 specific blog posts Download this wonderful deck and all my scripts More fun, free SharePoint 2013 webinars Sign up early, sign up often

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