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Sharepoint 2013 : New Installation and Configuration - Choosing the Installation Type

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Like its predecessor, SharePoint allows an administrator to install either a stand-alone or a server farm configuration. Running setup.exe from the installation media presents you with the dialog shown in Figure 1, at which point you must make a choice.

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Figure 1. Choosing a SharePoint installation type

Note  Setup.exe will determine if the system requires a reboot—the prerequisites installer is not always good at ensuring a reboot and leaves this determination to the individual packages it installs.

Stand-Alone Installation

First and most important, be sure that the stand-alone installation is right for you. Too often, SharePoint administrators install a stand-alone configuration of SharePoint to try out the product and then find they have to support it in production, because end users have quickly loaded SharePoint with working content (documents and so on). Therefore, I do not recommend stand-alone installations, but understand that sometimes they serve a purpose.

If that scenario does not scare you away, or does not apply, then consider the following list of limitations specific to the stand-alone installation:

  • No Domain Controller: The stand-alone installation will fail if you attempt to install it on a domain controller.
  • Installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express: The installer will install a new instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 Express Edition, regardless of whether you have an installation of full SQL Server on the same server. Express has a limit of 4GB storage, causing a major headache for the IT team later when the stand-alone install of SharePoint generates increased user adoption.
  • Inability to scale: The stand-alone installation does not allow the integration of additional WFE servers or query/index servers to scale the farm. Essentially, a stand-alone installation tells SharePoint that the one single server is the farm in its entirety and that the administrator is fine with not scaling out later.
  • Use of Network Service and Local System accounts: Microsoft designed the stand-alone install as a simple option, leaving the user with few complications in setup. The decisions simplified include those surrounding security and managed accounts (more on managed accounts later in this chapter). The stand-alone install will leverage the built-in Network Service and Local System accounts to configure SharePoint services—including the SharePoint timer service. These accounts share across the server, and service packs and other product installs may affect the volatility of their configuration and system-level passwords, rendering the SharePoint installation susceptible to problems.
  • Selective Services: The stand-alone installation does not allow installation of all service applications, such as the User Profile Synchronization Service.

After considering these facts, if you still wish to continue with the stand-alone installation, click that option on the dialog as in Figure 1. From here on the install is very much hands-off and concludes with Internet Explorer opening to Central Administration having created default service applications, a default web application, and site collection.

Server Farm Installation

If you are reading this far, then you have probably decided to pass on the stand-alone install—the stand-alone install is fine for testing and development purposes but not recommended for scalable production uses of SharePoint. Click the server farm installation option on the dialog (shown in Figure 1) and we shall walk through the steps.

After choosing the server farm installation option, the setup application begins installation and shows progress as in Figure 2.

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Figure 2. Installation progress

After a brief break to refresh your cup of coffee, while the installer installs SharePoint 2013 binaries, you should see the dialog shown in Figure 3 upon your return. Leaving the check box checked and closing this dialog will launch the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard allowing you to configure your new SharePoint farm or join this server to an existing farm. If you uncheck the option to run the Configuration Wizard now (if you are installing binaries on multiple WFE servers first), you can execute the Configuration Wizard from the SharePoint Products group in Windows.

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Figure 3. Conclusion of the binary server farm installation

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