SharePoint 2010 Server Farm Installation

SQL SERVER INSTALLATION

Browse to the SQL Server Installation directory and double click on setup.exe


Since the .net Framework role is not already installed, you’ll get this promt. Click ‘OK’


Setup will start initializing


Soon you’ll get a screen like this


Go to ‘Installation’ tab in the left pane. Click on ‘New Installation or add features to an existing installation



After a few moments, you’ll get this screen after ‘Setup Support Rules’ have been evaluated


Click on ‘Show details’ button to verify everything is Green and then click ‘OK’. 

The product key is embedded with the setup. Leave it unchanged (we’ve scrambled the key here to protect it from misuse). Click ‘Next’


On the next screen, check  on ‘I accept the license terms’ and then click ‘Next’


On the next screen, click ‘Install’



Setup will start initializing and after a few moments, this screen is presented after some more ‘Setup Support Rules’ are evaluated. Click on ‘Show details’ button to verify everything is Green and then click ‘Next’


Select the ‘SQL Server Feature Installation’ radio button and click ‘Next’


Select all the services except ‘SQL Server Books Online’. Then click ‘Next’


You’ll get the screen which show the results of ‘Installation Rules’ evaluation.Click on ‘Show details’ button to verify everything is Green and then click ‘Next’


Select the ‘default instance’ radio button. We will be using a default instance for storing SharePoint databases


Select a install root directory. In our case it is ‘E:\SQLSERVER’ to make sure that no DATA or LOG file is present on the System Drive. Then click ‘Next’. 


Click ‘Next’


Click the button ‘Use the same account for all SQL Server services’


On the next screen, select ‘Mixed Mode’ Authentication from the radio button and mention the password for the ‘sa’ account. Click on ‘Add Current User’ button. Then click ‘Next’


Click ‘Data Directories’ tab to verify that the data files are not present on System drive. Then Press ‘Next’


On the next screen, click on ‘Add Current User’ button


This will add the currently logged in user


Click ‘Data Directories’ to verify that the data files are not present on System drive. Then Press ‘Next’ 


On the next screen, select ‘Install but do not configure the report server’ radio button and click ‘Next’ 


click ‘Next’ 


You’ll see the results of ‘Installation Configuration Rules’ evaluation.Click on ‘Show details’ button to verify everything is Green and then click ‘Next’


On the next screen, click on ‘Install’


Installation will start now. It will take some time to complete the installation (approx half an hour depending upon the machine configuration) after which this screen is displayed. Click ‘Close’. The installation is done


Now go to ‘SQL Server Management Studio’ (the newly installed program you can find in the ‘Start’ Menu). Login using these credentials: Server Name = ‘.’, Authentication = ‘Windows Authenticaiton’ and then click ‘Connect’

Write the query ‘SELECT @@SERVER’ and hit F5. You’ll see that SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP1 – Enterprise edition has been installed

INSTALL SHAREPOINT 2010 PREREQUISITES

Browse to the SharePoint 2010 Installation directory and double click on PrerequisiteInstaller.exe


SharePoint Product Preparation Tool will be launched


On the next screen, check on ‘I accept the terms of the License Agreement(s)’ and click ‘Next’


The tool will start downloading and installing the prerequisites one by one


When the installation of all the prerequisites is complete, you’ll get this screen



Browse to the SharePoint 2010 Installation directory and double click on Setup.msi.

Setup will start initializing. 

The next screen will prompt for the SharePoint license key. Enter the key (the key has been scrambled here to prevent it from misuse). It will be validated and upon successful validation, the ‘Continue’ button will be enabled. Then click on ‘Continue’


On the next screen, check the ‘I accept the terms of this agreement’ and click ‘Continue’


On the next screen, choose the installation as ‘Server Farm’ 


On the next screen, choose the server type as ‘Complete’ and click ‘Install Now’


The installation process will be started


When the installation is completed, you’ll see this screen. Click ‘Close’. The window will be closed and the ‘SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard’ will start which is explained in the next section


This is the first screen in the ‘SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard’ looks like this:


Clicking ‘Next’ brings up a warning message. Click ‘Yes’


On the next screen, select ‘Create a new server farm’ radio button and click ‘Next’


Enter the database server name (the same as the machine name). Specify the database access account as ‘Domain/User’ and specify its password and then click ‘Next’


On the next screen, enter the farm passphrase and note it down in a safe place. You might need it in the future if you want to add more servers to the farm


On the next screen, provide a port number for the Central Administration Web Application which will be created by the Wizard during this setup. We’ve mentioned it as 9999. Select ‘NTLM’ radio button and then click ‘Next’


Select ‘Next’ on the next screen (the confirmation screen). 

Wizard will start performing different operations including creation of SharePoint configuration database, creation of content database for Central Administration web application and creation of Central Administration web application


Once the setup is complete, the following confirmation is displayed. Click ‘Finish’ 


A new browser window automatically comes trying to open the Central Administration web application. Provide the credentials for the user to login


Farm Configuration Wizard’ page in the Central Administration will be opened. Select ‘No, I don’t wish to participate’ and click ‘OK’


It is not recommended to use the SharePoint Farm Configuration Wizard because it takes the control away from you when doing the configurations for service applications. Therefore, click ‘Cancel’ on the page which is displayed next


The main page of the Central Administration web application is displayed next




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