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SharePoint 2013 - single server installation

The prerequisites and the four phases of installing SharePoint 2013 on a single server.

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You can download SharePoint 2013 from the Microsoft evaluation centre. It installs on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Prerequisites

  • 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • 64 bit SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • A SQL Server service account
  • A setup user account
  • A server farm account
  • These hotfixes:

Installation phases

Installation is a four phase process.

  1. Install the prerequisites with prerequisiteinstaller.exe.
  2. Install the binaries.
  3. Run the Configuration Wizard to set up the configuration and content databases.
  4. Run the farm configuration to set up web applications, site collections and sites.

Detailed steps are on TechNet.