SharePoint 2016: Installation Checklist
This checklist will make sure you have all the required components needed to install and configure the SharePoint 2016.
This checklist is for installation and basic configuration of a SharePoint 2016 farm. This will not cover Web Application or Service Applications scenarios. For that, there will be a separate checklist.
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# Number of Servers |
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Total Number of Servers |
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Server Names |
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Short Name of the Server |
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Fully qualified Server name |
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Fully qualified domain for the server |
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IP Address |
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Ip Address of the Server |
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Server Role |
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Role of the Server I,e app, search, distributed cache, wen front end etc |
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Operating System Version |
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Version of OS |
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CPU |
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CPU(how many cores) |
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Ram |
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Memory on Server |
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Drive Space |
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Drive Space for C drive and others |
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Internet Access on Server |
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Make Sure Server can access to Internet |
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Firewall Blocking |
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Make Sure Firewall is not blocking any port which will be being used during installation |
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SQL Version |
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SQL version if it is DB server |
Port Number |
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Port number on which SQL Configured |
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Alias to SQL |
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What alias being used to connect SQL |
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Always-ON |
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If it is Always On |
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File Share Path |
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Max Degree of |
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If Max Degree of Parallelism set |
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Max memory Setting |
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Make Sure Max Memory for SQL Setup |
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Connectivity with SharePoint Server |
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SharePoint Version |
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What version of SharePoint will be installed i.e Ent or Std |
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Product Key |
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License Key of the SharePoint |
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Location of SharePoint Binaries |
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Media or Shared drive folder where installation files saves |
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Language Packs |
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List of all additional language packs |
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Location of LP binaries |
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Domain Name |
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Domain |
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Netbios Name |
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NetBios Name of the environment |
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SMTP Server |
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For outgoing Emails, we need an outbound SMTP address |
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Install Account |
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Account under SharePoint will be installed |
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Permission of Install account |
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Install account should have Local Admin at SharePoint server and DB-creator and Security admin on SQL server |
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Farm Admin Account |
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Farm admin account, which will run many services including Timers, CA app Pool etc |
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Permission of farm Admin account |
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Install account should have Local Admin at SharePoint server and DB-creator and Security admin on SQL server |
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PassPhrase |
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Passphrase of the farm |
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Config DB Server |
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SQL Server name which will host config db |
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Config DB Name |
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Name of the Configuration DB |
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Central Admin Hosting |
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Server which will host Central Admin |
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Url of Central Admin |
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FQ URL for the Central Admin |
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Port Number of Central admin |
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Port number |
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SSL certs for central admin |
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SSL if CA will be configured as it |
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Location of ULS logs |
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Locations of the diagnostic logs |
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Exclusion for Antivirus |
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Exclude the certain folders from Antivirus Scan. |
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