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This blog entry provides the details on installing and configuring SharePoint 2013 on a Windows 2012 server. I include some PowerShell scripts for setting up a few services and a content database. I also show how to configure and run the crawler service for the first time. As a reminder, I am separating the details into four blog ...

This bog entry provides the details on installing and configuring SQL Server 2012 Standard on a Windows 2012 server. I have installed SQL Server many times over the years. This time I separated the installation onto two virtual disk drives. As a reminder, I am separating the details into four blog posts: Installing and Configuring a Three-Server ...

Installing a Windows Domain Controler is a relatively easy task. I also provide a list of service accounts to create for the new environment. As a reminder, I am separating the details into four blog posts: Installing and Configuring a Three-Server SharePoint 2013 Environment: Part 1 of 4 Installing and Configuring the Windows Domain ...

I did an install of SharePoint 2013 on a single virtual machine last summer (2012). It works; but it has some shortcomings. A single virtual machine is not an ideal representation of a real SharePoint 2013 server environment. A three server environment provides a more realistic environment. I saw how I could create the three server environment on ...

I’m continuing from Part 1. I am ready to install SQL Server 2008 R2. I suspect that I should really install SQL Server 2008 R2 before starting with SharePoint 2013. But I wanted to see what would happen. So now I know. I run setup from the SQL Server ISO file The User Account Control window appears. I click [Yes] to continue. Processing ...

I decided to try and install SharePoint 2013 Preview on a VM on my laptop. Doing it yourself is still the best way to learn. It’s even better to make a record of what you did. You may want to read through both posts quickly before you start with the first one. It may help you identify what to do and not to do. I suspect that I’m not going to ...

This blog relates to the Scrum for Team System version 3 template installation process. The SfTS v3 installer includes some additional MSIEXEC command line switches that allow you to specify environment variables.   SQL Server Named Instance Use this switch when your target SQL server is a named instance. Switch: ...