SharePoint 2013: Installing and Configuring a Test Environment

Learn how to install and configure a local version of SharePoint 2013 that can be used for testing, learning, development, and rapid prototyping.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. The Basics

• What you should know before watching this course
• What we will be building and why
• Logical architecture
• Physical architecture
• The software

2. Preparing the Host Machine

• Getting Hyper-V up and running on Windows 8.1
• Setting up the network
• Creating the three virtual machines
• Working with checkpoints and snapshots

3. Configuring the Domain-Controller Virtual Machine

• Installing the Server 2012 OS
• Creating a domain controller
• Creating the accounts

4. Configuring the SharePoint and SQL Machine

• Installing the Server 2012 OS
• Joining the SharePoint SQL machine to the domain
• Configuring local permissions
• Installing SQL Server 2012
• Installing SharePoint 2013 prerequisites
• Installing SharePoint 2013
• Configuring SharePoint 2013 service applications

5. The Workflow Farm

• Planning the workflow farm
• Preparing the workflow farm
• Installing and configuring Workflow Manager and Service Bus
• Connecting the workflow farm
• Testing the configuration

6. Configuring the Client Machine

• Installing and configuring Windows 8.1 for the environment
• Installing Office
• Installing SharePoint Designer 2013

7. Validating and Testing the Environment

• Create a web application
• Create a site collection
• Configuring DNS
• Loopback checking
• Configure the test account
• Create a simple SharePoint 2010 workflow
• Create a simple SharePoint 2013 workflow

8. Building Out the Environment

• Creating an intranet with PowerShell
• Validating the test intranet
• Adjusting the environment
• Configuring My Sites
• Configuring the User Profile service application
• Configuring search

Conclusion

• Next steps