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Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing Environment — Stacy Simpkins MCT, MCSE SharePoint 2013, MCSA Server 2012, MCITP EA SharePoint 2010 Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing Environment Stacy Simpkins MCT, MCSE SharePoint 2013, MCSA Server 2012, MCITP EA SharePoint 2010 Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab: A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing Environment Stacy Simpkins Brandon, Florida, USA ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-2169-3 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-2170-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4842-2170-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948362 Copyright © 2016 by Stacy Simpkins This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Contents at a Glance About the Author .....................................................................................................xi About the Technical Reviewer ...............................................................................xiii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xv Introduction ...........................................................................................................xvii ■ Chapter 1: Home Lab Hardware and Software.......................................................1 ■ Chapter 2: Hyper-V vs. VMware and Virtual Switch Creation ..............................11 ■ Chapter 3: Creating Your Domain ........................................................................21 ■ Chapter 4: Active Directory .................................................................................97 ■ Chapter 5: Domain Name System (DNS) ............................................................117 ■ Chapter 6: Joining the Machines to the Domain ...............................................133 ■ Chapter 7: Group Policy .....................................................................................151 ■ Chapter 8: Certifi cate Authority .........................................................................175 ■ Chapter 9: SQL Server .......................................................................................213 ■ Chapter 10: Installing and Confi guring SharePoint ...........................................257 ■ Chapter 11: SharePoint Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog .......333 ■ Chapter 12: Installing Dev Tools ........................................................................455 ■ Chapter 13: Troubleshooting .............................................................................465 Index .....................................................................................................................485 iii Contents About the Author .....................................................................................................xi About the Technical Reviewer ...............................................................................xiii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xv Introduction ...........................................................................................................xvii ■ Chapter 1: Home Lab Hardware and Software.......................................................1 Drinking the Kool-Aid .......................................................................................................1 Not a Single-Server SharePoint Farm.....................................................................................................1 Operating Systems and Software .....................................................................................2 System Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................................2 But What If I Only Have 8GB of RAM? .....................................................................................................3 But What If I Don’t Have Windows 10 Pro? .............................................................................................3 Software Requirements ..........................................................................................................................4 Planning Your Environment .....................................................................................................................5 Not a Comprehensive Text of All Microsoft-y Things ..............................................................................5 What Are You Going to Call Your Domain? ..............................................................................................8 Software Download Links .......................................................................................................................9 Further Reading: a.k.a. The “Do You Want to Know More?” Section ......................................................9 Summary ........................................................................................................................10 ■ Chapter 2: Hyper-V vs. VMware and Virtual Switch Creation ..............................11 Hyper-V Manager ............................................................................................................11 Which Adapter to Choose ...............................................................................................17 v ■ CONTENTS Troubleshooting a Confi guration Error ............................................................................17 Do You Want to Know More? ..........................................................................................19 Summary ........................................................................................................................20 ■ Chapter 3: Creating Your Domain ........................................................................21 Creating the Machines ...................................................................................................21 Inventory Planning ................................................................................................................................21 Dorking Your Hosts File .........................................................................................................................22 Creating the VMs ..................................................................................................................................24 Confi gure the Domain Controller (and Additional Servers) ...................................................................33 Confi guring the Domain Controller .......................................................................................................42 Additional Member Servers and Other Steps .......................................................................................76 Summary ........................................................................................................................96 ■ Chapter 4: Active Directory .................................................................................97 Confi guring Active Directory ...........................................................................................97 Creating User Accounts ................................................................................................101 PowerShell Example ...........................................................................................................................107 Thwart Those Hackers ........................................................................................................................107 Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................116 Summary ......................................................................................................................116 ■ Chapter 5: Domain Name System (DNS) ............................................................117 DNS Zones ....................................................................................................................117 We Are Using “Secure Only” ...............................................................................................................117 How Does the Information Replicate? ................................................................................................118 Resolution and Types of DNS Records ..........................................................................118 Host (A) and (AAAA) ............................................................................................................................118 Canonical Name (CNAME) Alias Record ..............................................................................................119 Pointer (PTR) Record ...........................................................................................................................119 Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................131 Summary ......................................................................................................................131 vi ■ CONTENTS ■ Chapter 6: Joining the Machines to the Domain ...............................................133 The Time You’ve Been Waiting For ...............................................................................133 Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................150 Summary ......................................................................................................................150 ■ Chapter 7: Group Policy .....................................................................................151 What Is a GPO? .............................................................................................................151 GPOs in Play .................................................................................................................151 LSD Overuse .................................................................................................................152 How It Works and the LSDOU Again .............................................................................152 Local Security Policy a.k.a. secpol.msc .......................................................................152 Sites .............................................................................................................................152 Domains .......................................................................................................................153 Organizational Units .....................................................................................................153 Are Your Eyes Crossed Yet? ..........................................................................................153 Settings ........................................................................................................................153 Default Domain Policy ..................................................................................................153 Default Domain Controllers Policy ................................................................................154 Restricted Groups Policy ..............................................................................................154 Local Admin Rename and New Local Admin User ........................................................167 Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................173 Summary ......................................................................................................................173 ■ Chapter 8: Certifi cate Authority .........................................................................175 License and Registration, Please? ...............................................................................175 Communicate Securely ................................................................................................176 Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................211 Summary ......................................................................................................................211 vii ■ CONTENTS ■ Chapter 9: SQL Server .......................................................................................213 Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................256 Summary ......................................................................................................................256 ■ Chapter 10: Installing and Confi guring SharePoint ...........................................257 Prerequisites for Installing SharePoint .........................................................................257 Purpose of SharePoint ........................................................................................................................257 Using a Client Alias .............................................................................................................................257 Overview of the Install and Confi guration Process .............................................................................259 Installing the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................260 Running Setup ....................................................................................................................................271 Confi gure SQL for the Install ...............................................................................................................278 Recap of the Needed Service Accounts ..............................................................................................287 SharePoint Install and Central Administration Scripts ........................................................................293 Installing SharePoint Service Applications .........................................................................................299 Join the Servers to the Farm Running Central Admin on SSL ............................................................307 Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................332 Summary ......................................................................................................................332 ■ Chapter 11: SharePoint Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog .......333 Additional Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog ......................................333 No “Sneaky Pete” Business, SharePoint! .....................................................................346 Creating a Search Service Application and a User Profi le Service Application ............351 User Profi le Service Creation .......................................................................................356 Managed Metadata ......................................................................................................397 Quotas ..........................................................................................................................403 Additional Confi guration ...............................................................................................404 Host-named Site Collections (HNSCs) vs. PBSCs .........................................................405 Minimal Download Strategy vs. Publishing Infrastructure ...........................................416 Enterprise and Standard Features................................................................................416 Search Center ...............................................................................................................416 viii ■ CONTENTS Web Applications, Site Collections, and Quotas ...........................................................434 SharePoint Store ..........................................................................................................439 Publishing Infrastructure ..............................................................................................448 Not in Conclusion, But a Good Start .............................................................................452 Like a Fly Hitting a Windshield .....................................................................................452 Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................452 Summary ......................................................................................................................453 ■ Chapter 12: Installing Dev Tools ........................................................................455 SharePoint Designer Installation ..................................................................................455 Visual Studio Installation ..............................................................................................458 Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................463 Summary ......................................................................................................................463 ■ Chapter 13: Troubleshooting .............................................................................465 Networking ...................................................................................................................465 Issues with Networking, Joining Machines, and Connections ............................................................465 Mstsc.exe............................................................................................................................................467 Incorrect Password or Account ...........................................................................................................469 DNS Records .......................................................................................................................................469 Not Joined to the Domain ...................................................................................................................471 A Weirdly Named DC ...........................................................................................................................471 Mapping Drives ...................................................................................................................................472 Are the Drives Filling up on Your C? ...................................................................................................473 Getting Scripts and Distributed Cache to Run ..............................................................480 Scripts ................................................................................................................................................480 Distributed Cache ...............................................................................................................................481 Removing Search and/or User Profi le Service Application ...........................................481 Search Service ...................................................................................................................................481 User Profi le Service Application .........................................................................................................481 ix
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