Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab: A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing Environment

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by  Stacy Simpkins (auth.)

Building a
SharePoint
2016 Home Lab
A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic
SharePoint Testing Environment
—
Stacy Simpkins
MCT, MCSE SharePoint 2013, MCSA Server 2012,
MCITP EA SharePoint 2010
Building a SharePoint
2016 Home Lab
A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic
SharePoint Testing Environment
Stacy Simpkins
MCT, MCSE SharePoint 2013,
MCSA Server 2012,

MCITP EA SharePoint 2010
Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab: A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing
Environment
Stacy Simpkins
Brandon, Florida, USA
ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-2169-3 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-2170-9
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4842-2170-9
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Contents at a Glance
About the Author .....................................................................................................xi
About the Technical Reviewer ...............................................................................xiii
Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xv
Introduction ...........................................................................................................xvii
■ Chapter 1: Home Lab Hardware and Software.......................................................1
■ Chapter 2: Hyper-V vs. VMware and Virtual Switch Creation ..............................11
■ Chapter 3: Creating Your Domain ........................................................................21
■ Chapter 4: Active Directory .................................................................................97
■ Chapter 5: Domain Name System (DNS) ............................................................117
■ Chapter 6: Joining the Machines to the Domain ...............................................133
■ Chapter 7: Group Policy .....................................................................................151
■ Chapter 8: Certifi cate Authority .........................................................................175
■ Chapter 9: SQL Server .......................................................................................213
■ Chapter 10: Installing and Confi guring SharePoint ...........................................257
■ Chapter 11: SharePoint Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog .......333
■ Chapter 12: Installing Dev Tools ........................................................................455
■ Chapter 13: Troubleshooting .............................................................................465
Index .....................................................................................................................485
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Contents
About the Author .....................................................................................................xi
About the Technical Reviewer ...............................................................................xiii
Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xv
Introduction ...........................................................................................................xvii
■ Chapter 1: Home Lab Hardware and Software.......................................................1
Drinking the Kool-Aid .......................................................................................................1
Not a Single-Server SharePoint Farm.....................................................................................................1
Operating Systems and Software .....................................................................................2
System Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................................2
But What If I Only Have 8GB of RAM? .....................................................................................................3
But What If I Don’t Have Windows 10 Pro? .............................................................................................3
Software Requirements ..........................................................................................................................4
Planning Your Environment .....................................................................................................................5
Not a Comprehensive Text of All Microsoft-y Things ..............................................................................5
What Are You Going to Call Your Domain? ..............................................................................................8
Software Download Links .......................................................................................................................9
Further Reading: a.k.a. The “Do You Want to Know More?” Section ......................................................9
Summary ........................................................................................................................10
■ Chapter 2: Hyper-V vs. VMware and Virtual Switch Creation ..............................11
Hyper-V Manager ............................................................................................................11
Which Adapter to Choose ...............................................................................................17
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Troubleshooting a Confi guration Error ............................................................................17
Do You Want to Know More? ..........................................................................................19
Summary ........................................................................................................................20
■ Chapter 3: Creating Your Domain ........................................................................21
Creating the Machines ...................................................................................................21
Inventory Planning ................................................................................................................................21
Dorking Your Hosts File .........................................................................................................................22
Creating the VMs ..................................................................................................................................24
Confi gure the Domain Controller (and Additional Servers) ...................................................................33
Confi guring the Domain Controller .......................................................................................................42
Additional Member Servers and Other Steps .......................................................................................76
Summary ........................................................................................................................96
■ Chapter 4: Active Directory .................................................................................97
Confi guring Active Directory ...........................................................................................97
Creating User Accounts ................................................................................................101
PowerShell Example ...........................................................................................................................107
Thwart Those Hackers ........................................................................................................................107
Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................116
Summary ......................................................................................................................116
■ Chapter 5: Domain Name System (DNS) ............................................................117
DNS Zones ....................................................................................................................117
We Are Using “Secure Only” ...............................................................................................................117
How Does the Information Replicate? ................................................................................................118
Resolution and Types of DNS Records ..........................................................................118
Host (A) and (AAAA) ............................................................................................................................118
Canonical Name (CNAME) Alias Record ..............................................................................................119
Pointer (PTR) Record ...........................................................................................................................119
Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................131
Summary ......................................................................................................................131
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■ Chapter 6: Joining the Machines to the Domain ...............................................133
The Time You’ve Been Waiting For ...............................................................................133
Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................150
Summary ......................................................................................................................150
■ Chapter 7: Group Policy .....................................................................................151
What Is a GPO? .............................................................................................................151
GPOs in Play .................................................................................................................151
LSD Overuse .................................................................................................................152
How It Works and the LSDOU Again .............................................................................152
Local Security Policy a.k.a. secpol.msc .......................................................................152
Sites .............................................................................................................................152
Domains .......................................................................................................................153
Organizational Units .....................................................................................................153
Are Your Eyes Crossed Yet? ..........................................................................................153
Settings ........................................................................................................................153
Default Domain Policy ..................................................................................................153
Default Domain Controllers Policy ................................................................................154
Restricted Groups Policy ..............................................................................................154
Local Admin Rename and New Local Admin User ........................................................167
Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................173
Summary ......................................................................................................................173
■ Chapter 8: Certifi cate Authority .........................................................................175
License and Registration, Please? ...............................................................................175
Communicate Securely ................................................................................................176
Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................211
Summary ......................................................................................................................211
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■ CONTENTS
■ Chapter 9: SQL Server .......................................................................................213
Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................256
Summary ......................................................................................................................256
■ Chapter 10: Installing and Confi guring SharePoint ...........................................257
Prerequisites for Installing SharePoint .........................................................................257
Purpose of SharePoint ........................................................................................................................257
Using a Client Alias .............................................................................................................................257
Overview of the Install and Confi guration Process .............................................................................259
Installing the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................260
Running Setup ....................................................................................................................................271
Confi gure SQL for the Install ...............................................................................................................278
Recap of the Needed Service Accounts ..............................................................................................287
SharePoint Install and Central Administration Scripts ........................................................................293
Installing SharePoint Service Applications .........................................................................................299
Join the Servers to the Farm Running Central Admin on SSL ............................................................307
Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................332
Summary ......................................................................................................................332
■ Chapter 11: SharePoint Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog .......333
Additional Service Applications, HNSCs, and an App Catalog ......................................333
No “Sneaky Pete” Business, SharePoint! .....................................................................346
Creating a Search Service Application and a User Profi le Service Application ............351
User Profi le Service Creation .......................................................................................356
Managed Metadata ......................................................................................................397
Quotas ..........................................................................................................................403
Additional Confi guration ...............................................................................................404
Host-named Site Collections (HNSCs) vs. PBSCs .........................................................405
Minimal Download Strategy vs. Publishing Infrastructure ...........................................416
Enterprise and Standard Features................................................................................416
Search Center ...............................................................................................................416
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■ CONTENTS
Web Applications, Site Collections, and Quotas ...........................................................434
SharePoint Store ..........................................................................................................439
Publishing Infrastructure ..............................................................................................448
Not in Conclusion, But a Good Start .............................................................................452
Like a Fly Hitting a Windshield .....................................................................................452
Do You Want to Know More? ........................................................................................452
Summary ......................................................................................................................453
■ Chapter 12: Installing Dev Tools ........................................................................455
SharePoint Designer Installation ..................................................................................455
Visual Studio Installation ..............................................................................................458
Do You Want to Know More? ...............................................................................................................463
Summary ......................................................................................................................463
■ Chapter 13: Troubleshooting .............................................................................465
Networking ...................................................................................................................465
Issues with Networking, Joining Machines, and Connections ............................................................465
Mstsc.exe............................................................................................................................................467
Incorrect Password or Account ...........................................................................................................469
DNS Records .......................................................................................................................................469
Not Joined to the Domain ...................................................................................................................471
A Weirdly Named DC ...........................................................................................................................471
Mapping Drives ...................................................................................................................................472
Are the Drives Filling up on Your C? ...................................................................................................473
Getting Scripts and Distributed Cache to Run ..............................................................480
Scripts ................................................................................................................................................480
Distributed Cache ...............................................................................................................................481
Removing Search and/or User Profi le Service Application ...........................................481
Search Service ...................................................................................................................................481
User Profi le Service Application .........................................................................................................481
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