Tuesday, February 25, 2014

SharePoint 2013 Installation requirements

Installation
WFE
SQL Server
Application Server
Single Server
8GB RAM,64 bit,4 core,80GB disk space in C driver
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Three Tier
12 GB RAM,64 bit,4 Core
Small Size Server
8 GB RAM.
64 bit
4 Core
80 GB disk space in System drive
12 GB RAM, 64 bit, 4 Core
80 GB disk space.
Medium Size
Server
16GB RAM
64 bit
8 Core
80 GB disk space in system driver

*Development and evaluation purpose only

If you are not sure, what updates, hot fixes to be installed just connect your server and start the “pre request Installer.exe” file to install all the required software and updates the windows.
Once your server up and running ensure all the updates and hot fixes for SharePoint 2013 available on your server by navigating to this .
Control Pane ->Programs-> Programs and Features - > Installed Updates



·         The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, En­terprise, or Datacenter; or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter.
·         The SharePoint parsing process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB 2554876).
·         FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the Server Manager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075).
o    Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB 2759112)
o    Windows Server 2012 (KB 2765317)
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o    The Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool installs the following prerequisites for front-end web servers and application servers in a farm:
o    Web Server (IIS) role
o    Application Server role
o    Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5
o    SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
o    Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
o    Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC)
o    Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
o    Windows Management Framework 3.0 which includes Windows PowerShell 3.0
o    Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) 1.0 and Microsoft Identity Extensions (previ­ously named WIF 1.1)
o    Windows Server AppFabric
o    Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB 2671763)


·         The minimum requirements for database installations in a farm are as follows:
o    One of the following:The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2012
o    The 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
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o    The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, En­terprise, or Datacenter; or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter.
o    The SharePoint parsing process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB 2554876).
o    FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the Server Manager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075).
o    Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM:Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB 2759112)
o    Windows Server 2012 (KB 2765317)
o    Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5