Transcript Windows Server

Windows Server
• SharePoint is only an application so it has to run on top of
Windows Server
• Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows 2012
• Standard, Enterprise, or Data Center
• Still 64 bit
• SharePoint will do all of the other software work for you. Just
install Windows Updates and add the server to the domain.
• Except the prereqs it misses
• http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs
• Hardware and Software requirements for SharePoint 2013
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx
SQL Server
• 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
• Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter
• 2012
• Standard, BI, or Datacenter
• 2012 SP1 required for Business Intelligence bits
• Remember this is where your performance comes
from!
Updates
• Best place to keep track of build numbers is
• http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013Builds
• Patches
• Hotfixes
• Cumulative Updates
• Service Packs
• You cannot uninstall any patches
• Install Hotfixes as soon as is prudent
• Only install CUs if they fix a problem you’re having
• They break stuff
• Test in a test environment first
• Wait at least a month before putting in production
• Install Service Packs as soon as is responsible
Services
by SKU
• Foundation
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App Management
BDC *
Usage and health data collection
Subscription settings
• Standard
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Machine Translation *
Managed Metadata *
Search *
Secure Store *
State
User Profile *
Word Automation
Work Management
• Enterprise
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Access
Access 2010
Excel
PerformancePoint
Visio Graphics
* = Cross Farm
= Has Database
Some key bolt-ons
• Project Server 2013
• Add on product for managing Project 2013 projects
• Requires SharePoint 2013 Enterprise CAL
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• Requires SQL 2012
• Installs as a service application
• Requires SharePoint Server
• Office Web Apps
• Licensed separately
• Read is free
• Create/edit will cost you
• Stand alone install
• Can no longer be installed on a SharePoint server
• PowerPivot
• SharePoint Server required (Excel Services)
Three tiers of SharePoint
• Web Front End – WFE
• These are servers that host the IIS sites (web applications) that your users interact
with
• You have to setup your own load balancing to direct web traffic
• Application Server
• Catch all for the servers in your farm that run the various services
• SharePoint is very flexible, you can spread the load any way you want
• SharePoint does the load balancing of service for you
• Search needs some extra lovin’
• Database Server
• Can be any supported version of SQL
• Can be cluster or mirrored or any other cool SQL trick you know
• You can have multiple SQL servers
Dos
Tres
Mas Tres
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Scaling Search example
¡Más Grande!
SharePoint production hardware
• 100 GB C: Drive
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Windows
SharePoint root
All of those hotfixes & service packs for the next few years
Some SharePoint operations spool here
• X GB second drive
• Move all possible files here (logs, etc.)
• All servers must have the same drive letters
• 4 cores
• Memory
• 12 GB for production servers in 3 tier topology
• 24 GB for all-in-one test or dev
• 8 GB for test or dev Foundation
• Gigabit Ethernet
• All servers must have less than 1 ms of latency to each other
Virtualization and Hardware requirements
• The corner has been turned
• Don’t be stingy with hardware
• Tiers
• Web front ends – Sure
• Application – Be careful
• SQL – Be very, very careful
• TechNet: SharePoint 2013 Hardware and software
requirements
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx
• Session on virtualizing SharePoint – MDC-B356
• http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/MDCB356#fbid=agHp9LMH8AJ
Four stages to a good install
• Prerequisite Installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe)
• Don’t forget the forgotten Prereqs
• http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs
• Installing the bits (setup.exe)
• If you have any hot fixes, service packs, or language packs now is the time to install them
• Configure the bits (grey wizard/PowerShell if you’re cool)
• Farm Configuration (white wizard or PowerShell/Central admin)
Setup.exe
• Pretty straightforward
• You can do the install on all of the servers in the farm at the same
time
• You should be logged in as the sp_install account for this step
• Must be local administrator on all SharePoint Servers
• Must have SQL Server roles of dbcreator, securityadmin, and public
• Service account guidelines
• http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=237
Search
Search
User Profile Service
• Everything old is new again