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• Installing SharePoint 2013 without screwing it up Installing and Configuring SharePoint 2013 (too badly) Without Screwing It Up (Too Badly) Todd Klindt SharePoint Nerd Rackspace Todd.klindt@Rackspace.com

Who is this Todd guy? • WSS MVP since 2006 • Speaker, writer, consultant, lover of cheese • Personal Blog www.toddklindt.com/blog • Company web site www.sharepoint911.com • E-mail todd.klindt@rackspace.com • Twitter me! @toddklindt

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/SEF2012

Create the Farm • Foundation is laid (more on that later) • Prereqs are installed – Even the forgotten prereqs – http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs • Bits are installed • Use PowerShell to thwart GUID creation

Hurray!

Demo time Let’s build ourselves a farm

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 – 4 Cores • I get by with 10 GB, barely…

Laying down the foundation • The characters • Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit – Trial, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/2008-r2-trial.aspx • Windows Server 2012 Trial – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_4 • SQL Server 2012 64 bit – Trial, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066 • SQL Server 2012 SP 1 CTP 4 – http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34700 • SharePoint Server 2013 Preview – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx

Foundation goodies • Tweak Windows a bit • Use DCPROMO to create an AD domain – Fiddle some domain and machine bits – Create service accounts – Create user accounts • http://www.toddklindt.org/PoshDcpromo • tp://www.toddklindt.com/PoshMakeUsers

SQL • Install 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 • SQLTweaks.sql – http://www.toddklindt.com/Slides/SEF2012/SQLtweaks.s ql

Creating the Farm • Use PowerShell to create the farm – New-SPConfigurationDatabase • Can use PowerShell for the rest or use the Wizard • Check MAXDOP • http://www.toddklindt.com/CreateFarm • http://www.toddklindt.com/Slides/SEF2012/crea tefarm.ps1.txt

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

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/SEF2012

Questions??

Tak!! Todd.Klindt@Rackspace.com @toddklindt