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SharePoint 2013: Installing and Configuring a Test Environment

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Overview

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Spike Xavier

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