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

2. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Who is this Todd guy? WSS MVP since 2006 Speaker, writer, consultant, lover of cheese Personal Blog www.toddklindt.com/blog www.toddklindt.com/blog Company web site www.Rackspace.com/sharepoint www.Rackspace.com/sharepoint E-mail todd.klindt@rackspace.com todd.klindt@rackspace.com Twitter me! @toddklindt

3. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM 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 http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013Webinar http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013Webinar

4. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Create the Farm Foundation is laid (more on that later) Prereqs are installed Even the forgotten prereqs http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs (updated) http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs Bits are installed Use PowerShell to thwart GUID creation

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

6. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Hardware considerations Can I squeeze this all into one box? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx 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…

7. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Laying down the foundation The characters Windows Server 2012 Trial, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/trial.aspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/trial.aspx SQL Server 2012 64 bit Trial, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066 SP1, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35575http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35575 SharePoint Server 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx More Prerequisites http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs

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

9. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM 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

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

11. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Configuring the Farm Some PowerShell, some CA No Wizards! Similar to my SharePoint 2010 installation process http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2010InstallGuidance Managed Metadata with PowerShell needs an extra kick http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013ManagedNav Set up App Domain service with PowerShell http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013AppDomainPosh Create Web Apps with PowerShell http://www.toddklindt.com/CreateClaimsWebApp

12. RACKSPACE® HOSTING | WWW.RACKSPACE.COM Links and bits My blog http://www.toddklindt.com/blog SharePoint 2013 specific blog posts http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013BlogPosts Download this wonderful deck and all my scripts http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013Webinar More fun, free SharePoint 2013 webinars http://www.rackspace.com/blog/sharepoint-2013-week-of-webinars/ Sign up early, sign up often

13. Thanks! http://www.Rackspace.com/sharepoint