SharePoint 2016 Installation And Configuration

SharePoint 2016 has been released with some awesome features. Let’s start to explore it.

In this blog I will walk you through step-by-step installation and the configuration process of SharePoint 2016 on Single Server.

Minimum requirement would be the following.

Installation scenario

Deployment type

Single server role with SQL Server

Evaluation and Demonstration

Software and Hardware Requirement

Windows Server

SQL Server

RAM

Processor

Hard disk space

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, 64-bit edition

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1(SP1), 64-bit edition

16 GB

64 bit, 4 cores

C: 80GB

D: 100GB

Note: SQL Server Express is not supported.

Follow these steps to Install and configure SharePoint Server 2016.

Install SQL Server 2014 SP1.

(I am going to show you how to install SQL Server)

Download SharePoint 2016 image image file.

Prerequisites for Installation

SharePoint comes with prerequisite installer, which installs essential components to support SharePoint Setup.

Prerequisites will install the following components.

  • Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client.
  • Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server.
  • Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64).
  • Windows Server AppFabric.
  • Microsoft Identity Extensions.
  • Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client 2.1.
  • Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
  • Cumulative Update Package 7 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB3092423).
  • Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2012.
  • Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2015.

Note: In order to Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 the following KB must be installed on Windows server 2012 R2.

Download KB2919442 from here and install.

Download clearcompressionflag.exe and install.

Download KB2919355 from here and install.

Otherwise, it’s likely to get error Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6: installation error

Note 1: Make sure you must have Internet access on the machine on which you are running Installer.

Note 2: The account that you use must be administrator on the machine you are installing SharePoint.

1. In installation disc image software, mount the ISO file, and click the splash.hta

2. Click on prerequisitesinstaller.

3. Welcome to the SharePoint 2016 Products Preparation Tool page opened, Click Next.

4. On the License Term for software products page, select the I accept the term of the License Agreements check box, and click next

5. On Your system needs to restart to continue page, click finish.

6. Repeat steps 2-4.

7. On the Installation Complete page click Finish.

Now prerequisites have been installed successfully.

Next step is to Run Setup

Setup will install binaries, configures security permission, and edit registry setting for SharePoint server 2016.

1. Find Setup in mounted disc image and click.

2. Enter your product key and click continue.

3. On Read the Microsoft Software License Terms, Checked I accept the terms of this agreement check box and click continue.

4. On Choose a file location page, leave the location default and Click Install Now.

5. Installation Progress page will open. When setup finishes, a dialog box prompts you to complete the configuration of your server.

Ensure that the Run the SharePoint Product Configuration Products Configuration Wizard now check box is selected.

6. Click Close to start the configuration wizard,

Now SharePoint Installed.

Next step is to:

  • Install and configure the configuration database.
  • Install and configure the content database.
  • Install the SharePoint Central Administration website.

Run the SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard.

Note: Make sure the user account that is performing this procedure has the below rights.

  • Domain user account.
  • Member of the Administrators group.
  • SQL Server login.
  • Member of the following SQL Server roles:

securityadmin fixed server role.

dbcreator fixed server role.

· If you run Windows PowerShell cmdlets that affect a database, this account must be a member of the db_owner fixed database role for the database.

1. Open SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.

To find product configuration Wizard press Windows+S. Type SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard click ok.

2. On Welcome to SharePoint Products page, click Next.

3. In the dialog box you will get notification that some services might have to be restarted during configuration, click Yes.

4. On the Connect to a server farm page, click Create a new server farm, and then click Next.

5. On the Specify Configuration Database Settings page, do the following:

  • In the Database server box, type the name of the Server that is running SQL Server in my case this server is itself.
  • In the Database name box, type a name for your configuration database or use the default database name. The default name is SharePoint_Config.
  • In the Username box, type the user name of the server farm account. Ensure that you type the user name in the format DOMAIN\user name.
  • In the Password box, type the user password.

Note: The server farm account is used to access your configuration database. It also acts as the application pool identity account for the SharePoint Central Administration application pool, and it is the account under which the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Timer service runs. The SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard adds this account to.

  • The SQL Server Login accounts,
  • The SQL Server dbcreator server role,
  • And the SQL Server securityadmin server role.
  • db_owner fixed database role for all SharePoint databases in the server farm.
  • However, it does not have to be a member of any specific security group on your SharePoint servers or your database servers to maintain least-privilege account .

6. Click Next.

7. On the Specify Farm Security Settings page, type a passphrase, and then click Next.

8. On the Specify Server Role page, choose the Single Server Farm role, click Next.

9. On the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application page,

  • Either select the Specify port number check box and type the port number that you want the SharePoint Central Administration web application to use, or leave the Specify port number check box cleared if you want to use the default port number. I am using 101.

  • Click NTLM.

10. Click Next.

11. On the Completing the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard page, check your configuration settings to verify that they are correct, and then click Next.

12. Be patient, on the Configuration Successful page, click Finish. When the wizard closes, setup opens the web browser and connects to Central Administration.

Now Setup and the initial configuration of SharePoint Server 2016 completed.

SharePoint Central Administration web site created.

Let’s configure our Farm and Sites.

Run the Farm Configuration Wizard.

Note: Make sure the user account that is performing this procedure must have below rights.

  • Domain user account.
  • Member of the Administrators group.
  • SQL Server login.
  • Member of the following SQL Server roles:

securityadmin fixed server role.

dbcreator fixed server role.

  • If you run Windows PowerShell cmdlets that affect a database, this account must be a member of the db_owner fixed database role for the database.

1. Ope IE and type URL. It should be like http://yourservername:portno/

On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, on the Quick Launch, click Configuration Wizards, and then click Launch the Farm Configuration Wizard.

2. On the Help Make SharePoint Better page, click one of the following options, and then click OK.
  • Yes, I am willing to participate (Recommended.)
  • No, I don’t want to participate.

3. On the Configure your SharePoint farm page, next to Yes, walk me through the configuration of my farm using this wizard, click Start the Wizard.

4. On the Service Applications and Services page, in the Service Account section, click the service account option that you want to use to configure your services.

Note: Better you choose different account to configure services in the farm for security reason and follow Standard Practice .but for demonstration I am using same account. Or you can change it later.

5. In the Services section, review the services that you want to use in the farm, and then click Next.

6. On the Create Site Collection page, do the following:

  • In the Title and Description section, in the Title box, type the name of your new site.
  • Optional: In the Description box, type a description of what the site contains.
In the Web Site Address section, select a URL path for the site.
  • In the Template Selection section, in the Select a template: list, select the template that you want to use for the top-level site in the site collection.
    I am using Publishing Site.

7. Click OK.

8. On the Configure your SharePoint farm page, review the summary of the farm configuration, and then click Finish.

Now you are done.

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