Part 4 - Installation of SharePoint 2013 Server

Part 4 - Installation of SharePoint 2013 Server

I have downloaded the server preview image from the URL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/aa905690. The image name file name is “SharePointServer_en-us.img”.  VirtualBox won’t allow mounting an image with .img extension. So I appened .iso in the end of file name and made it SharePointServer_en-us.img.iso.

Start your VM and the devices menu of VirtualBox choose CD/DVD Devices –> Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Select the SharePointServer_en-us.img.iso file and click Open.

You will get a notification on right hand top to “Tap” (which is click) then select “Open folder to view files”. 

Then browse the mounted image file and run the “Prerequistisinstaller.exe”

Prerequisites installer will start. Click on “Install software prerequisites “, then you will find what all components will be installed as prerequisites as mentioned below  then click on Next.

Accept the license agreement and click Next, This will install the required components and also configure them.

Once this is completed it will need a system restart. Click Finish.

VM will automatically restart and installer will continue.

Once it is completed, click Finish.

It is better recommended that restart VM server. Then browse the mounted image and this time run the “Setup.exe” using windows explorer of VM server.

Copy the product key as mentioned below in red color box using http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397 

Enter the Product Key and click Continue

Accept license agreement and click Continue

Leave the default file path as it is and click Install Now

Installation will start

Installation will take time depending upon the machine. After sometime, installation will completed. After completion you will get the screen of “Run Configuration Wizard”. Leave the check on “Run the SharePoint Products configuration Wizard now”. Press close. Now the configuration wizard will start. Now click Next.

Click Yes.

Select “Create a new server farm” , click Next.

Enter Database Server details. I am using my same SP\Administrator account, which will be used for farm administrator. Click Next

Enter the security phrase. Click Next.

Enter port number for Central Administration site. I am using default generated port; you can enter your own. Click Next

Verify the summary of what we entered and click Next.

Configuration will execute.

After some time configuration will finish. Click Finish.

Central Administration site will open automatically. If asked for credentials provide credentials of Administrator account, as we used this account during configuration.

Bingo, Now our SharePoint 2013 server is ready.