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Deployment for SharePoint Server 2010
Deployment overview (SharePoint Server 2010)
Concepts
Physical architecture
Size
Topology
Installation and configuration
Prepare the servers
Create the farm
Configure settings, services, solutions, and sites
Deployment stages
Planning
Development
Proof of concept (POC)
Pilot
User acceptance test (UAT)
Production
Install prerequisites from a network share (SharePoint Server 2010)
Installer switches and arguments
Download and consolidate the prerequisites on a file share
Install the prerequisites from the command line
Install the prerequisites using an arguments file
Known issues
Installing SharePoint Server 2010
Related resources
See Also
Prepare for deployment (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Hardware requirements—Web servers, application servers, and single server installations
Hardware requirements—Database servers
Software requirements
Minimum requirements
Optional software
Access to applicable software
Administrative and service accounts required for initial deployment (SharePoint Server 2010)
Required permissions
Harden SQL Server for SharePoint environments (SharePoint Server 2010)
Summary of hardening recommendations
Configure a SQL Server instance to listen on a non-default port
Configure Windows Firewall to block default SQL Server listening ports
Configure Windows Firewall to open manually assigned ports
Configure a SQL client alias
Test the SQL client alias
Deployment scenarios (SharePoint Server 2010)
Deploy a single server with SQL Server (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Before you begin
Install SharePoint Server 2010
Run the Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool
Run Setup
Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard
Configure browser settings
Run the Farm Configuration Wizard
Post-installation steps
Deploy a single server with a built-in database (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Before you begin
Install SharePoint Server 2010
Run the Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool
Run Setup
Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard
Configure browser settings
Post-installation steps
Multiple servers for a three-tier farm (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Topology overview
Before you begin
Using the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Preparation Tool
Database server
Public updates and hotfix packages
Prepare the farm servers
Install SharePoint Server 2010 on the farm servers
Create and configure the farm
Add Web servers to the farm
Configure diagnostic logging and usage and health data collection
Create and configure a new Search Service Application
Create a site
Add content sources and configure a search crawl schedule
Post-installation steps
Quick start: Deploy single server in an isolated Hyper-V environment (SharePoint Server 2010)
Requirements and recommendations
Virtualization server and virtual machine configuration
Deployment environment
Required permissions
Pre-deployment tasks
Deploy SharePoint Server 2010 manually
Deploy SharePoint Server 2010 by using Windows PowerShell scripts
Deploy by using DBA-created databases (SharePoint Server 2010)
Before you begin
Farm server requirements
Database requirements
About configuring DBA-created databases
Create and configure databases for Central Administration
Create and configure additional databases
Deploy in a virtual environment (SharePoint Server 2010)
Virtual machine guidance (SharePoint Server 2010)
Networking
Network adapters
Virtual machine configuration
Memory
Processor
Controller and hard disk
Integration services
Automatic stop and start
Using snapshots
Install SharePoint Server 2010 by using Windows PowerShell
Farm server requirements
Prepare SPModule
Install Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 by running Install-SharePoint
Run Install-SharePoint using a PID key
Configure the farm by using New-SharePointFarm
Configure SharePoint Server 2010 on a stand-alone server
Create a Web Application using Windows PowerShell
Deploy services using the SharePoint 2010 Farm Configuration Wizard
Create a site collection by using Windows PowerShell
Perform additional configuration tasks
Add servers to the farm using Join-SharePointFarm
Configure the trace log
Initial configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)
Deploy language packs (SharePoint Server 2010)
About language IDs and language packs
Downloading language packs
Preparing the Web servers for language packs
Installing language packs on the Web servers
Uninstalling language packs
Configure farm settings (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure usage and health data collection (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure usage and health data collection by using Central Administration
Configure usage data collection by using Windows PowerShell
To configure usage data collection for a specific event type by using Windows PowerShell
Log usage data in a different logging database by using Windows PowerShell
See Also
Configure diagnostic logging (SharePoint Server 2010)
Best practices
Configure diagnostic logging by using Central Administration
Configure diagnostic logging by using Windows PowerShell
See Also
E-mail integration (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure incoming e-mail (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Install and configure the SMTP service
Install the SMTP service
Install IIS 6.0 Management tools
Configure the SMTP service
Configure incoming e-mail in a basic scenario
Configure incoming e-mail in an advanced scenario
Prepare your environment for incoming e-mail in an advanced scenario
Configure AD DS to be used with Directory Management Service
Configure DNS Manager
Add an SMTP connector in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Configure permissions to the e-mail drop folder
Configure e-mail drop folder permissions for the application pool identity account for a Web application
Configure e-mail drop folder permissions for the logon account for the SharePoint 2010 Timer service
Are attachments missing from e-mail messages that are sent to a SharePoint document library?
See Also
Configure outgoing e-mail (SharePoint Server 2010)
Install and configure the SMTP service
Install the SMTP service
Configure the SMTP service
Configure outgoing e-mail for a farm
Configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application
See Also
Configure a mobile account (SharePoint Server 2010)
Import a root certificate and create a trusted root authority
Configure a mobile account
Retrieve mobile account information
Delete a mobile account
See Also
Install and configure Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) with the FILESTREAM provider (SharePoint Server 2010)
Enable FILESTREAM and provision the RBS data store
Install RBS
Enable and test RBS
See Also
Configure and use the Exchange connector (SharePoint Server 2010)
Create a crawl rule
Add a content source for Microsoft Exchange public folders
Deploy Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (SharePoint Server 2010)
Install and configure Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (back end)
Before you start
Considerations for crawling external data sources
Install the Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
Verification of configuration
See Also
Uninstall Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
To uninstall the Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
Install or uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack for Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (front end)
Before you start
SharePoint Solution Pack for SharePoint Server
Uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack
See Also
Install or uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack language pack for Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (front end)
SharePoint Solution Pack language pack
Uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack Language Pack
See Also
Troubleshooting Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
Data sources
Excel and PowerPivot files
Unified Logging Service log file or trace logs
Configure services (SharePoint Server 2010)
Service application and service management (SharePoint Server 2010)
In This Section
See Also
Configure the security token service (SharePoint Server 2010)
How Web applications that use an STS work
Configure a SharePoint claims-based Web application by using Windows PowerShell
Edit bindings
Configure a Web application that uses an STS
Configure the Secure Store Service (SharePoint Server 2010)
Initialize an instance of a Secure Store Service application
Refresh the encryption key
Generate a new encryption key
Create a target application
Set credentials for a target application
Enable the audit log
Post-installation steps for search (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure basic search functionality
To go to the Search Administration page
Specify the default content access account
Specify the contact e-mail address
Configure farm-wide search settings
Create content sources for crawling content
Search Center site
Grant all authenticated users access to the Search Center
Enable search reporting
Verify that the Web Analytics service application is started
Create the Web Analytics service application
Start the Web Analytics Web service
Run search queries
View query reports
View query reports at the Web application level
View query reports at the site-collection level
View other search-related reports
Enable people search
Ensure service applications are running
Configure Web application and site collections
Add user profiles to the User Profile service application
Configure My Site settings
Add information to My Site sites
Crawl the profile store
Optional steps
Create a crawl rule (optional)
Configure a managed metadata service application (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Prepare to host sites (SharePoint Server 2010)
Create a Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Create a Web application that uses Windows-classic authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Create a Web application that uses Windows-claims authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Configure claims authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure anonymous access for a claims-based Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure anonymous access for a claims-based Web application
Configure forms-based authentication for a claims-based Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure a forms-based Web application to use an LDAP provider by using Central Administration
Configure the LDAP Web.Config files
Configure a forms-based Web application to use an LDAP provider by using Windows PowerShell
See Also
Configure Kerberos authentication for the claims to Windows token service (SharePoint Server 2010)
See Also
Configure authentication using a SAML security token (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure an Identity Provider STS (IP-STS) Web application by using Windows PowerShell
Configure a Relying Party STS (RP-STS) Web application
Establish a trust relationship with an Identity Provider STS (IP-STS) by using Windows PowerShell
Export the trusted IP-STS certificate by using Windows PowerShell
Define a unique identifier for claims mapping by using Windows PowerShell
Create a new authentication provider
Create a new SharePoint Web application and configure it to use SAML sign-in
Configure claims-based authentication using Windows Live ID (SharePoint Server 2010)
Configure the Window Live ID Security Token Service
Configure SharePoint for Window Live ID authentication
Convert a Window Live ID internal environment to a production environment
Create different types of SharePoint claims-based Web applications
Grant permissions to all Window Live ID authenticated users
See Also
Configure Kerberos authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
About Kerberos authentication
Before you begin
Software version requirements
Known issues
Additional background
Server farm topology
Active Directory Domain Services, computer naming, and NLB conventions
Active Directory domain account conventions
Preliminary configuration requirements
Configure Kerberos authentication for SQL communications
Create the SPNs for your SQL Server service account
Confirm Kerberos authentication is used to connect servers running SharePoint Server 2010 to SQL Server
Create Service Principal Names for your Web applications using Kerberos authentication
Deploy the server farm
Install SharePoint Server 2010 on all of your servers
Create a new farm
Join the other servers to the farm
Configure services on servers in your farm
Windows SharePoint Services Search
Index server
Query server
Create Web applications using Kerberos authentication
Create the portal site Web application
Create the My Site Web application
Create a site collection using the Collaboration Portal template in the portal site Web application
Confirm successful access to the Web applications using Kerberos authentication
Confirm correct Search Indexing functionality
Confirm correct Search Query functionality
Configuration limitations
Additional resources and troubleshooting guidance
Configuring Kerberos authentication for SharePoint 2010 Products (white paper)
Two options
Create a site collection (SharePoint Server 2010)
Create a site collection by using Central Administration
Create a site collection by using Windows PowerShell
Uninstall SharePoint Server 2010
Uninstall SharePoint Server 2010
See Also
Deploy customizations - overview (SharePoint Server 2010)
Process overview
Before you begin
About the two kinds of customizable site elements
Deploying developed site elements
Deploying authored site elements
See Also
Deploy solution packages (SharePoint Server 2010)
What is a solution package?
Deploying site elements by using solution packages
When to use solution packages
Deploying farm solutions
Adding a solution package
Deploying a solution package
About creating a solution package
About customizing solution packages
Manually create a solution file
About the solution manifest file
Creating and deploying a custom Web Part solution package by using Visual Studio 2010
Deploy authored site elements (SharePoint Server 2010)
About deploying authored site elements
When to use the content deployment feature
When to use a content deployment package
Before you begin
Deploy content by using content deployment jobs
Deploy content by using the Content Migration API
Create a content deployment package by using Windows PowerShell
Deploy site elements by using Features (SharePoint Server 2010)
What is a Feature?
When to use Features
Create a Feature
Install and activate a Feature by using Windows PowerShell
Deploy templates (SharePoint Server 2010)
What are site definitions?
Site definitions and configurations
Uncustomized pages and page customization
Core schema files
Create a custom site definition and configuration
Deploy a site definition by using a solution package
Add a SiteDefinitionManifest element
Add a TemplateFile element
Workflow deployment process (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview
Before you begin
Deploying workflows
Deploy predefined workflows
Deploy SharePoint Designer workflows
Deploy Visual Studio workflows
Verification
Deploy software updates for SharePoint Server 2010
Software updates overview (SharePoint Server 2010)
Improvements and new features
Intended audience and scope
Software update process
Update phase
Upgrade phase
Software update strategy
Software update deployment cycle
Learn
Requirements and prerequisites
Update strategy
Downtime reduction
Common issues
Prepare
Document the environment
Manage customizations
Plan the update strategy
Make farm items update-ready
Test
Build a test farm
Evaluate techniques
Implement
Build or update farms
Deploy customizations
Reduce downtime
Monitor progress
Validate
Logged event failures
User interface or experience issues
Data issues
Prepare to deploy software updates (SharePoint Server 2010)
Verify account permissions and security settings
Determine the update approach
Back up the environment
Document the environment
Determine whether related items need to be updated
Obtain the software update and prepare the installation source (optional)
Slipstream package
Install a software update (SharePoint Server 2010)
Verify the update strategy
Monitor installation progress
Handle update failures
Review update scenarios
Initial state and required conditions
Use the in-place method without backward compatibility
Use the in-place method with backward compatibility
Update phase
Upgrade phase
Use the database attach method for high availability of existing content
Verify update completion and success
Deploy Office Web Apps (Installed on SharePoint 2010 Products)
Understanding Office Web Apps deployment
Install and configure Office Web Apps on an existing stand-alone SharePoint server
Run Office Web Apps setup
Run PSConfig to register the services
Start the service instances
Create the service applications and the service application proxies
Activate the Office Web Apps Feature
Install and configure Office Web Apps on a new stand-alone SharePoint server
Run Office Web Apps setup
Run PSConfig to register the services, start the service instances, create the service applications and proxies, and activate the Office Web Apps Feature
Install and configure Office Web Apps on an existing SharePoint server farm
Run Office Web Apps setup
Run PSConfig to register services
Start the service instances
Create the service applications and the service application proxies
Activate the Office Web Apps Feature
Install and configure Office Web Apps on a new SharePoint server farm
Run Office Web Apps setup
Run PSConfig to register services
Run the SharePoint Farm Configuration Wizard to start the service instances, create the service applications and proxies, and activate the Office Web Apps Feature
Additional configuration (optional)
Configure the SharePoint default open behavior for browser-enabled documents
Troubleshooting
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