SharePoint 2013 BI Farm Setup Guide: Section IX. Install SharePoint 2013 with SP1 But Quit Before Running the Configuration Wizard

This is section IX of the MBP SharePoint 2013 BI Farm Setup Guide.

This section describes how to run the SharePoint Installer and how to quit before running the Configuration Wizard.

Below are links to all the sections of this Guide.

I.     Overview II.    Plan Your SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Farm III.   Build a Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure IV.   Build the SQL Server for SharePoint Databases V.    Build the SharePoint Server VMs

VI.    Configure OUs and Group Policies VII.   Pre-Installation Requirements VIII.  Install SharePoint Prerequisites IX.    Install SharePoint 2013 with SP1 but Quit Before Running the Configuration Wizard X.   Configure the SharePoint Farm

XI.    Create the Baseline Web Applications and Site Collections XII.   Configure Search and MySites XIII.  Configure Office Web Apps XIV.  Configure Business Intelligence XV.   Turn Windows Firewalls Back On for All Servers XVI.  Download PowerShell Scripts

As mentioned in Section I, in this guide, MBP stands for "Martin's Best Practices."  I use MBP as the acronym for the enterprise, the domain and also the name of the farm. MBP does not correspond to any actual company or client. You may leverage this content by replacing MBP with your client or company name or acronym.

A. Run Setup.exe

You will repeat the following steps on every SharePoint server in your farm. Running Setup.exe only installs the SharePoint 2013 bits and does not create the farm (that happens in section X).

1. If not logged in to the SharePoint server, open a remote desktop connection and login using the SharePoint Setup Account - mbp\sp_admin in this case.

2. Open windows explorer and navigate to the folder where you downloaded the SharePoint 2013 Server with SP1 ISO file – F:\installs in this case.

3. Mount the ISO file so it looks like a DVD drive to Windows.

Windows displays the contents of the DVD drive.

4. Scroll down and launch setup.exe

5. At the UAC prompt, click Yes

6. Enter your product key

7. Continue 

8. Accept the Software License Terms 

9. Click Continue


10. In the Server Type screen, accept the default Complete

11. Click Install Now

Wait about 17 minutes for setup to finish.

12. When setup finishes, do NOT Run the Configuration Wizard. In this procedure we do not run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard. Un-check the “Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard now” box and click Close.

Repeat all the steps in this section (section IX - A) on every SharePoint server in your farm.  In the MBP farm, this includes

1. MBP-CA
2. MBP-WFE1
3. MBP-WFE2
4. MBP-SEARCH
5. MBP-BI

Do not install SharePoint on any of the other servers e.g. the AD-DC, the SQL server, the OWA server or the SSAS server.

B. Check Technet for Cumulative Updates

Now that SharePoint is installed, you may install cumulative updates (CUs) if you wish. This is a good time to check technet for the most recent cumulative updates to SharePoint 2013 Foundation, SharePoint 2013 Server or SharePoint 2013 Project Server.

 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/jj891062.aspx

Note that you are not required to install cumulative updates to SharePoint Server unless you are experiencing an issue that is resolved in the CU. Generally as long as you are installing SharePoint 2013 with Service Pack 1 (or whatever is the latest Service Pack) you can defer the cumulative updates.

Note that if you do choose to install cumulative updates you must take care to update all servers in your farm to the same level. 

Next Steps

This concludes section IX of the MBP SharePoint 2013 BI Farm Setup Guide. In this section we described how to run the SharePoint Installer. The next section, Section X: Configure the SharePoint Farm, specifies how to set up and run the PowerShell scripts that create the SharePoint farm and the Central Administration site.