Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation Part 7: Join a Server to the FARM

 

Run the SharePoint configuration wizard

Click next

Click Yes

In the Connect to a server farm screen select “Connect to an existing server farm” Radio Button and click next

Enter the database cluster virtual name and click on the Retrieve Database names. From the dropdown select the Existing Configuration Database Name and Click next

Specify the passphrase and click next

In the confirmation screen above confirm the parameters.

Note: If you need to install the Central Administration on this server click on the Advanced Settings otherwise click next

Wait for the configuration wizard to finalize.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation Part 6: Create New FARM Configuration

 

To configure the SharePoint Farm you need to ensure that you have the following parameters

1. DB Server Name or Cluster Virtual name if the Database is clustered.
2. User name and password for the SharePoint Farm Account
3. The setup account should be part of the local SharePoint Server Administrators Group
4. The Setup account should have a DBCreator and SecurityAdmin Roles on the Database.
5. The Farm Account should have the “Login as a service” and “Login as a batch job” security permissions. [Those permission can be Granted by the Server Local Security Policy Settings however it will be better if it’s granted from the Active Directory Administrator. Because on some of the environments those permission are controlled by Group Policy.]

From the SharePoint Server on the start menu click on the Run SharePoint Configuration Wizard the welcome page will appear

Click next

Click “Yes” to stop the required services

On the connect to a server farm screen select the “Create a new server farm” radio button

On the database configuration screen, Enter the DB Name or Cluster Virtual name (Keep the default configuration database name). In the Database Access Account (Farm Account) enter the user name and password for the Farm Account and click next

In the specify Farm Security settings screen enter the passphrase and click next

** Important to remember the passphrase because every time you join a server to the farm you will require the passphrase

In the central Administration configuration screen specify the port number and select the authentication provider (in this instance I have 5000 and NTLM)

In the confirmation page above confirm the FARM parameters and click next

After the configuration completes the complete screen will appear

Click finish to complete the configuration process.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation Part 5: Arabic Language Installation

 

Download the Arabic language for SharePoint 2010 [ServerLanguagePack.exe].

After downloading the file double click the .exe file. On the above screen check the box and click continue

Wait for the installation in progress screen to finalize

The installation complete page will appear. Clear the check box and Click close to close the screen.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation Part 4: Install SharePoint Bits

 

Insert the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Media Disc and click on Setup.exe

From the SharePoint 2010 Wizard click on Install SharePoint Server link. The License Key Screen will appear. Enter the correct license key and click next

In the License terms screens read the terms and conditions then check the “I accepts ….” Check box and click continue

In the “Choose the installation you want” Screen, select the Server Farm Option.

In the server type screen select complete and you can leave the default parameters or in the file location you can select to install the SharePoint Installation file to another drive (for example drive D:\). Then click Install Now button. SharePoint installation will start and the installation in progress screen will appear.

Wait for the installation to complete.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation. Part 3: Pre-requisite Wizard

Using the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Media please insert the Media Disc into the server and click on Setup.exe file.

The SharePoint 2010 Installation Wizard will open

 

Click on Install Software pre-requisites

 

  On the welcome page review the items that will be installed and click next

 On the license terms page review the license terms and check the “I Accept….” Box

 After checking the box click next

 The installation in progress screen will appear. Wait for it to finish and click next

 

Finally after the installation passes click the Finish Button and restart the server.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation. Part 2: IIS 7.0

Important: You can install IIS 7.0 (Web Server Role) by using the SharePoint Pre-requisites Preparation Tool or directly from the Windows System Manager. The following guide shows you how to install it from the System Manager.

In order to install IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 you need to first open the service

manager then on the roles section click on Add Roles.

The Add Roles Wizard will start

Click next then from the select server roles screen select the “Web Server” role

Click next, the Web Server Role Description page appears. Review the description and click next

Click next then from the select roles services screen, select the services that you require.

Click next the confirmation page will appear confirm the installation parameters and then click install

After clicking install wait for the installation progress screen to finish

If all the parameters are correct the installation will pass and the completion page will appear

** The warning above is about Windows Automatic Updates not being Enabled. Based on your company governance policy you can ask the System Administrator to enable Windows Updates or not.

Step by Step SharePoint 2010 Installation. Part 1

In order to install SharePoint 2010 FARM you need to perform the following steps

1. Install and configure Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit on all the servers in the FARM
2. Install SQL Server 2008 R2 64 bit on the database server
3. Install IIS 7.0 on all the Web and Application Servers inside the FARM. (IIS 7.0 can be installed as part of the SharePoint 2010 prep tool)
4. Install SharePoint 2010 Prerequsites by runing the SharePoint 2010 prep tool
5. Install any applicable hot fixes
6. Install SharePoint Language pack if required
7. Install SharePoint 2010 on all the Web and Application Servers in the FARM
8. Run SharePoint 2010 Configuration Wizard on all the Web and Application servers

Before you start installing SharePoint 2010 you need to ensure that the following services/servers are configured correctly

• Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit operating system should be prepared and configured onll the servers in the FARM including SQL Server
• IIS 7.0 should be installed and required services should be enabled
• SharePoint 2010 Pre-requisite
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Database

For the first item you need to ensure the following:

1-      Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 64 bit

2-      Configure the network cards on the server and the server IP address

3-      Join the server to the domain

4-      Create the Farm Setup Account in Active Directory

5-      Add the Farm setup Account to the server Local administrators Group

6-      Install an Anti-Virus Software for the server operating system and files

7-      Grant the Farm setup account the “Login as a service” and “Login as a batch Job” from Active Directory Group Policy

8-      Run Windows Updates to install and update the operating system patches

For the second item the following should be done on all the servers that are running the SharePoint Front End. Also ensure that the following services are selected

1. ASP.NET
2. URL authorization
3. Basic Authentication
4. Windows Authentication

For the SharePoint pre-requisites the SharePoint preperation tool installs the following components

• Install and Configure IIS Application Server Role
• Download and Install MS SQL Server 2008 Native Client
• Download and install Windows KB976462 hotfix (Token Authentication in WCF)
• Download and install Windows Identity Foundation (KB974405)
• Download and install MS Sync Framework Runtime V1.0
• Download and install MS Chart Controls for .NET Framework 3.5
• MS Filter Pack 2.0
• MS SQL Server Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
• MS Server Speech Platform Runtime
• MS Server Speech Recognition Language – TELE (EN)
• SQL 2008 R2 Reporting Services SharePoint 2010 Add-in

Finally you need to install the following patch [Install KB979917 (QFE for SharePoint Issues – Perf Counter Fix and User Impersonation)]

SharePoint 2010 Application Pool Keeps Crashing

Recently I was implementing SharePoint 2010 and I ran into a strange issue that took me a while to fix but at the end i was able to fix it.

Basically the issue was that the SharePoint Application Pools kept on Crashing. The web application app pool, CA App Pool, and the security token web service app pool. even though i have checked all the following but still no resolution

1- If you check the event log errors you will see an error about the security token web service whihc is a new web service in SharePoint 2010 failing to login.

2- I have checked the app pool accounts passowrd and it was valid and working fine.

3- I have unprovision the CA and reprovisiond it again and still the same error

Finally after checking the system log i found that IIS app pool is complaining about the account not having the following security policies

1- Login as a service

2- Login as a batch Job

Once you give the account these two security permissions on the local servers it will work. Usually you grant those permission from Active Directory Group Polociy …so you need the system administrator of AD to assist you in granting the SharePoint Domain accounts the above permissions

Configure SharePoint 2010 User Profiles

I was working on a SharePoint 2010 implementation and i ran into an issue in configuring the User Profile. Therefore I will add the main points that allowed me to configure the user profile successfully

First go to the user profile service manager and configure synchronization then create connection to the Existing Active Directory

Ensure that the User Profile synchronization Service is started

Ensure that the Forefront Identity Manager synchronization Service and the Forefront Identity Manager Services is started (You can check them from Windows Services)

The FARM Account should be part of the Local Administrators group on the server where user profile will be deployed

Important Step: Ensure that the User Profile Access Account has ‘Replicate Directory Changes” Permission and part of the Farm Administration Group. See the following link on how to enable the ‘Replicate Directory Changes’ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303972

Usually to give the account the “Replicate Directory Changes” you need to Ask the System Administrator because this permission is granted from the Active Directory

Finally start the Profile synchronization Service

Changes to SharePoint 2007 License Requirements

Check this out ……..The changes will affect how we can Archetict our SharePoint topologies for Intranet and Internet Solutions

 

This guidance has recently changed and now you can combine the two solutions on the same farm…

 http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/09/24/important-change-to-moss-2007-for-internet-sites-mossfis-licensing.aspx