How to Configure SharePoint Server in Windows Azure

Introduction

I must thank the C# Corner team for providing the trail pass for me. Today I have begun to learn how to utilize Windows Azure effectively and I have documented the procedure. For the configuration steps It will take one day. So I have analyzed and completed the procedure to make it helpful for beginners.

Thanks to the C# Team!

Azure

Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure before 25 March 2014) is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services using a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Step 1

Click the Switch to New Portal link in the top-right under the user name.

Step 2

After clicking the link it will redirect to the New page as in the following.

Step 3

Now we want to click the New button at the bottom-left of the main page.

Step 4

Search the SharePoint Server Farm as in the following screenshot.

Step 5

Next in the immediate window a Create Button is available to create the configuration steps.

Step 6

Enter the User Name and password here for the SharePoint Farm.

Resource Group

This creates a new Resource Group that will contain all the related resources so they can be managed together. I'll name mine SharePointResourceGroup.

Choose this name carefully, especially if you will not be using a custom domain name. Because of this choice, the URL address for my default web application is SharePointResourceGroup.cloudapp.net/. There are, however, options to manage the domain name in Azure.

User Name and Password

This will be your initial domain and local administrator. This is not your Microsoft account or Organizational account; it's just a user ID without the @company.com.

Domain Controllers

Here you set a Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), your Forest Root Domain Name (default = contoso.com), and choose a Pricing Tier (default = Standard A1) for the domain controllers.

Use the following procedure to configure the Domain Controllers.

SQL Servers

Here you have options for selecting a Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), a Pricing Tier for the SQL Servers (default = Standard A5), and the password for the service account.



Use the preceding procedure to configure the other SQL Servers, SharePoint Servders, Optional Configurations and Subscriptions. I skipped the screen shot for the following step.



SQL Servers

Here you have options for selecting a Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), a Pricing Tier for the SQL Servers (default = Standard A5), and the password for the service account.

SharePoint Servers

Set another Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), Pricing Tier for the SharePoint Servers (default = A2), and two domain accounts.

Keep the default value for SPSetup/SPfarm.

Optional Configuration: Virtual Network

Under Virtual Network, the options are a Name (default = the Resource Group name) and Address Space CIDR Block (default = 10.0.0.64/26).

Optional Configuration, Storage Account, Optional Configuration, Diagnostics Subscription,Location-Use Default Value.

SQL Servers

Here you have options for selecting a Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), a Pricing Tier for the SQL Servers (default = Standard A5), and the password for the service account.

SharePoint Servers

Set another Host Name Prefix (default = SharePoint), Pricing Tier for the SharePoint Servers (default = A2), and two domain accounts.

Keep the default value for SPSetup/SPfarm.

Optional Configuration: Virtual Network

Under Virtual Network, the options are a Name (default = the Resource Group name) and Address Space CIDR Block (default = 10.0.0.64/26).

Optional Configuration, Storage Account, Optional Configuration, Diagnostics Subscription, Location-Use Default Value.

Finally we have completed all the major steps and added a SharePoint resource Group to start board, it will display the status of the SharePoint Farm configuration.

After about 10 minutes, the deployment is complete and the SharePoint Farm is ready.

Now I'm ready to connect to one of the virtual machines. To connect, there's a button at the top of the blade for the virtual machine.

Note: If you have any firewall settings then you will get the following error.

Select the connect button and you will get a Remote Desktop Configuration and open the RDP, it will prombt for username and password.

After logging into a remote desktop:

Select the SharePoint and launch this:



Thanks for reading my article. I hope you have enjoyed this one! For any feedback let me know so I can update it to be helpful for beginners.

Reference: Creating a SharePoint Server Farm in Azure - Part 2