Chapter 4. Installing SharePoint 2013

Installation fundamentals

Installing SharePoint 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 is an extraordinary piece of ingenuity. But, it can be rendered ineffective if it is installed incorrectly. For many products out there, there is really only one way to install software: run the setup.exe file and then follow the wizard. Installing SharePoint 2013 isn’t that simple (and if it is, you might be doing it wrong). There are several ways to install SharePoint 2013, and there are prerequisites to consider and architecture to plan for. Even at its most simple, there is a fork in the installation road that bears pointing out. And, what if you already have SharePoint 2010 implemented but want to have SharePoint 2013? It looks ...

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