Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

Creating a physical architecture to support your SharePoint 2019 farm starts with virtualization and setting up the servers needed to install all the software applications. In this chapter, we will see how to set up our Hyper-V environment using best practices and how to create redundancy using separate hosts. We will define server resources based on our requirements, finalize our configurations, and give guidance on how to maintain our hosts.

We will also discuss, as part of this chapter, understanding the importance of using Microsoft documentation as part of your installation and setup. Following best practices and Microsoft guidance is always the first thing you should do. Although it may ...