SharePoint Server 2013: Test Lab Guide

Test Lab Guide Stack for SharePoint Server 2013

The SharePoint Server 2013 test lab allows you to install, configure, and demonstrate the features and capabilities of SharePoint Server 2013.

The following figure shows the configuration of the SharePoint Server 2013 test lab with the initial three-tier farm.

The following Test Lab Guides (TLGs) for SharePoint Server 2013 are available:

These TLGs use

The following figure shows the SharePoint Server 2013 TLG stack (click on it to see a larger version).

For poster versions of this stack diagram, see the following:

The following additional TLG mini-modules can be used with this stack:

Test Lab Guide Mini-Module: Installing Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 on EDGE1 Install UAG 2010 on the EDGE1 computer for Internet scenarios.
Test Lab Guide Mini-Module: Creating a second forest and domain Create a new untrusted hr.contoso.com forest for cross-forest scenarios, such as User Profile synchronization.
Test Lab Guide: Configure the Contoso Branch Office (overview video) Create a branch office of the Contoso Corporation across a simulated private WAN link for branch office scenarios.

For an additional set of TLGs that build out and demonstrate the business intelligence scenario for SharePoint Server 2013, see the SharePoint Server 2013 Business Intelligence Test Lab.

For information about the TLG stack for SharePoint Server 2010, see SharePoint Server 2010 Test Lab.