1. Install The Bits – Follow the Basic Steps
- Plan and Prepare; Verify hardware and software requirements
- Install the required software updates on all farm servers
- Install the SharePoint 2013 prerequisites on servers in the application and Web tiers
- Install SharePoint 2013 on the application server and the Web servers
- Create and configure the SharePoint farm
- Provision service applications as needed
- Complete post-deployment tasks as required
2. Prepare the Servers
- SharePoint Preparation Tool
1. Checks for presence of prerequisites
2. Installs and configures required packages
3. Requires internet connection to pull down missing prerequisites otherwise will pinpoint missing prerequisites
4. Can be run w/o internet connection to check for missing prerequisites - Public Updates and Hotfix Packages
1. Update WFE & App servers as appropriate
2. Ensure SQL Updates installed
3. Ensure all SharePoint servers are at the same patch level - Running the Preparation Tool
1. Run on Web and Application servers
2. Ensure you are logged on as local admin
3. If running from bits on a file system, locate and run prerequisiteinstaller.exe from the SharePoint 2013 bits folder
4. Otherwise, if you install from bootable image click Install software prerequisites
5. May require several server reboot – however preparation tool will continue to run after restart
6. Click Finish on the Installation Complete page - Install prerequisites from a network share (alternative) 1.Verify that you have an accurate list of the required software and download them2.Create a shared folder on a computer that can be accessed by the servers on which the prerequisites will be installed3.Copy the files that you downloaded from the Internet to the shared folder4.Execute PrerequisiteInstaller from command prompt with appropriate switchesFull list of switches – PrerequisiteInstaller.exe /?Example – PrerequisiteInstaller.exe /SQLNCli: “\\o15-fi-admin\SP_prereqs\sqlncli.msi” /IDFX: \\o15-fi admin\SP_prereqs\Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu
- Additional KB’s to install
1. After completing Preparation tool you must also install following KBs
– KB 2554876 – The SharePoint parsing process crashes (for Windows 2008 R2 SP1)
– KB 2708075 – FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes (for Windows 2008 R2 SP1)
– KB 2472264 – You cannot customize some TCP configurations by using the netsh command (for Windows 2008 R2 SP1)
– KB2759112 Hotfix: ASP.NET race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM (for Windows 2008 R2 SP1)
– KB2765317 Hotfix: ASP.NET race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM (for Windows 2012)2. Install these KB’s before actually running the Setup wizard for SharePoint installation - Installing SharePoint 2013
1.Login as local administrator using specific Setup account
2.Installation steps similar to SharePoint 2010
3.Install on all SharePoint WFE & Application servers
4.Run Configuration Wizard when setup is finished on all servers
5.Configure diagnostic logging/usage health data/etc.
6.Configure service applications and other required services
Farm configuration wizard exists like in 2010 for automating this in developer, test and sandbox environments
PowerShell and manual creation of service applications in production environments
7.Create Web apps, site collections/sites, based on requirements - Installation of language packs
1.Download language pack from Internet
2.Login using Setup account which you used for initial installation of SharePoint
3.Run setup for language pack
4.Run SharePoint 2013 Configuration Wizard
5.Repeat steps on each server of the farm