System RequirementsHardware Requirement

Server Processor RAM Hard disk

Database Server64-bit, 4 cores

8-24 GB

80 GB for system drive100 GB for second drive and additional drives

SharePoint Server64-bit, 4 cores

8-12 GB

80 GB for system drive80 GB for second drive

Software Details:

Server OS Installation media

Database Server

Windows Server 2012 R2 – with latest updates SQL Server 2014 with SP1 – x64

SharePoint Server

Windows Server 2012 R2 – with latest updates SharePoint Server 2016 Preview

Create a Services AccountCreate the Service accounts needed. We have added the following Service Accounts with permissions to the SQL and SharePoint servers.

Member of the Local Administrators group on SharePoint server and SQL server.(Go to Local Users and Groups -> Administrators group Properties -> Add)• Access to server that runs SQL Server.• Member of the following SQL Server roles:o securityadmin fixed server roleo dbcreator fixed server roleo Public fixed server role

Prerequisites Installation

Prerequisite tools Offline Installation: You need to configure Roles and Features on Windows Server 2012 R2Open an elevated PowerShell prompt (i.e. Run as Administrator) and execute the following:Import-Module ServerManagerAdd-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Features,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Net-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-

Metabase,Application-Server,AS-Web-Support,AS-TCP-Port-Sharing,AS-WAS-Support, AS-HTTP-Activation,AS-TCP-Activation,AS-Named-Pipes,AS-Net-Framework,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Server-Media-Foundation,Xps-Viewer –Source <your source path><your source path> – where you have mounted the Windows Server 2012 installation media (ISO) to, example: “D:\sources\sxs”.

Your server will require a reboot after running this PowerShell code.Then downloload following SharePoint 2016 Prerequisite tools from Microsoft Download Center for Offline Installation– Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client– Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server– Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)– Windows Server AppFabric– Microsoft Identity Extensions– Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client 2.1– Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6– Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763)– Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2– Update for Microsoft .NET Framework to disable RC4 in Transport Layer Security (KB2898850)– Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013After install Prerequisite tools. Reboot the server.All the prerequisites should now be installed, and you should be able to install SharePoint 2013.

SharePoint Server 2016 installerSharePoint Server 2016 in look and feel is nearly like SharePoint 2013. As last announcements from Microsoft, SharePoint 2016 was improved in architecture to support for Cloud solution and hybrid deployment.

Install SharePoint Server 2016Run the Prerequisites.exe to launch Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Products Preparation Tool. Same as SharePoint 2013