SharePoint 2016 Installation

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In this article, I’ll walk you through the SharePoint 2016 installation on Hyper-V. I used Windows 10 as the Hyper-V host, but you can use any OS which supports Hyper-V.

In this article, I’ll walk you through the SharePoint 2016 installation on Hyper-V. I used Windows 10 as the Hyper-V host, but you can use any OS which supports Hyper-V. The high level steps are:

Install Hyper-V
Configure the virtual network
Create the Virtual Machine
Install and configure the Operating System
Install and Configure the SQL server
Install and configure SharePoint 2016

Install Hyper-V

In the control panel open ‘Turn windows features on or off’
Ensure that Hyper-V is checked. Click OK. It will install Hyper-V and restart the computer
From the windows menu access the Hyper-V manager

Configure the virtual network

In the Actions section on the right, click on Virtual Switch Manager.
Select external and click on Create Virtual Switch
Give a name and click Apply. Select the network adapter of your internet connection in the external drop down.
Select Internal and click on Create Virtual Switch

Create the Virtual Machine

For this we will need the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 iso file. You can search and download the preview version.
Click on New -> Virtual Machine
Click Next on the start screen
Enter a location where you have sufficient space. Give a name to the virtual machine. Click Next.
Select Generation 2, click Next
Assign available memory. It is recommended to keep 4 GB for the host machine. If you have less memory try assigning 2GB to the host machine and remaining to the virtual machine. click Next.
Select the internal network switch which we created earlier, click Next
Ensure the virtual hard disk location is correct, click Next
If you downloaded the OS iso file, you can select it here. It will be loaded to the virtual DVD drive.
Click Add Hardware -> Network Adapter, don’t assign to any virtual switch
Click OK to create the virtual hard disk.
Connect to the virtual machine and start

Install and configure the operating system

If you loaded the iso, it will prompt to boot from CD. Press any key and follow the instructions to install the OS
From the windows menu search for Active Directory Services
In the server manager, click on Local Server, click on the computer name.
Update the computer name to what you like e.g SP2016
Click on Change and click OK
When prompted restart the system
In the server manager, click on Local Server, click on the link next to windows firewall and disable it
Open the Network Connections.
Rename the one which is connected to internal and the disconnected one to external (we know this because we did not assign the virtual switch for this adapter).
Right click on the internal network connection and go to properties
1. Uncheck Internet Protocol version 6
2. Select Internet Protocol version 4 and properties
3. Enter the IP address as 192.168.150.1 and click on the subnet mask. It should populate 255.255.255.0
4. Update preferred DNS server as 192.168.150.1
Right click on the external network connection and go to properties
1. Uncheck Internet Protocol version 6
2. Select Internet Protocol version 4 and properties
3. Set the preferred DNS server as 127.0.0.1
4. Set the alternate DNS Server to 4.2.2.4
Now go to the Hyper-V settings and set the virtual switch of adapter we added to external.
In the VM disable and re-enable the external network adapter
On the server manager, click ‘Add roles and features’
Select Role-based or feature-based installation
Ensure Select a server from the server pool is selected.
Select SP2016 from the Server Pool and click next
Select Active Directory Domain Services
Click Add Features, Next and Install
In the Results view, click on the Promote this server to a domain controller link.
Select Add a new forest Give some domain name like SP.com
Enter a password
Click next on the DNS Options screen
Ensure the NETBIOS is whatever domain you had selected
Click Next on the Paths and on the review page
On the prerequisites screen if you get an error, cancel the window, restart the VM
And follow the above steps and click on Install

Install and Configure the SQL server

Search and download the SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.3
Before installing the SQL Server, we need to install the .Net framework 3.5 otherwise, we get the error that .Net framework 3.5 is required.
Go to the Server Manager -> Dashboard -> Add roles and features -> Click on features and select .Net framework 3.5
Run the SQL Server setup file
On the installation center dialog – Click Installation tab on the left
Select New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation link
On the Setup Role page, leave the default and click Next
Select the following features and click Next
- Instances Features
  - Database Engine Services
  - Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
  - Analysis Services
- Shared Features
  - Reporting Services – SharePoint
  - Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Products
  - Management Tools – Basic
  - Management Tools – Complete
Add Reporting Services only if you want the BI features
On the installation rules click Next
On Instance configuration, leave the default and click Next
In Server Configuration
For the SQL Server Agent set the Startup Type to Automatic.
For the SQL Server Database Engine Change the Account Name to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
For the SQL Server Analysis Services Change the Account Name to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Click Next
On the database engine configuration,
Click Add current user so your name comes up in the SQL Server Administrators list
On the FILESTREAM tab, check Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access and check the Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O access also.
On the analysis services configuration, again click on Add current user and click Next
On the reporting services configuration, leave default and click Next
Click on Install
Click Close, after the installation is completed
Open the SQL Server configuration manager
Click on SQL Server Network Configuration >> Protocols for MSSQLSERVER.
Right click on Named Pipes and select Enabled

Install and configure SharePoint 2016

Search and download the SharePoint Server 2016 Preview
Mount the ISO and open the dvd drive to auto run. We should get a splash screen as
Click on Install software prerequisites
Click Next. Accept License
Click Next and then Finish once it is completed.
This will restart the system
The pre-requisite installer completes but an error states that it was unable to configure the Internet Information Services (IIS) web server
Refer to Known Issues in SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview
1. Open Windows PowerShell in an elevated mode, Run as administrator, and run the following commands:
2. Add-WindowsFeature NET-HTTP-Activation,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Xps-Viewer -verbose
3. Restart the VM
Run the SharePoint installer again and click Install SharePoint Server
Click on Close once installation is completed
In the configuraton wizard, click next
Select Create a new server farm
Specify the database server details
Enter the passphrase
Select Single Server Farm
Specify a port number or accept default
Confirm the settings
You should get a configuration successful message
Click Finish. It will open the central administration.