SharePoint 2013 - Step-By-Step Installation Guide

SharePoint 2013 - Step-By-Step Installation Guide

I started to make my own test environment  and installed SharePoint 2013 and created step-by-step installation guide in multiple parts.

I have a Dell-Studio-XPS laptop with decent configuration includes i7 Processor; runs Windows 7 Ultimate OS, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD.  As on my laptop I have already SP2010 Installed and don’t want to uninstall it. So I decided to install SP2013 in VM environment using Windows Server 2012 RC2, SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013 Preview

For setting up virtualization environment I decided to go with Virtual Box which is downloaded from VirtualBox.

Before setting up environment, please download following software’s.

1.       Virtual Box (https://www.virtualbox.org) 

2.       Windows Server 2012 RC (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx)

3.       MS SQL Server 2012 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh225126.aspx)

4.       SharePoint 2013 Server Preview (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973397)

The whole installation process I have split in different parts as mentioned below

1.       Setting up Virtual Environment and Installing Windows Server 2012 RC

2.       Installation and Configuration of Active Directory

3.       Installation of SQL Server 2012

4.       Installation of SharePoint 2013 Server