sharepoint on demand with system center - matija blagus
DESCRIPTION
This session will demonstrate how to create SharePoint 2013 (and 2010) environment in your private cloud on demand. System Center family of product allow you to create SharePoint environments very easily and on demand. In demonstration we will show how to create templates that will be automatically created with System Center Virtual Machine Manager. This is a great feature that you can use for testing and development purposes. In this session will be also covered basics of other System Center products that can help you with provisioning, managing and orchestrating SharePoint environments.TRANSCRIPT
Agenda
Prerequirements
PowerShell installation
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Service
Templates
More automation with System
Center Orchestrator
Prerequirements• Hyper-V 2012 R2 up and running (or any other
hypervisor compatibile with SCVMM – VMWare and Citrix)• Sysprepped images of SharePoint 2013 and SQL 2012
SP1• PowerShell scripts for unattended installation• User accounts in Active Directory• Network share • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 up
and running• Other System Center components (based on your
scenario)• A lot of time
Hypervisor • Make sure that you follow MS guidlines for best
practices for virtualization of SharePoint (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621103(v=office.15).aspx)• Use RAID 5/10 disk array for SharePoint deployments• Integrate your hypervisor with SCVMM
Prepare images for template - SharePoint
• Install Windows Server 2012 (R2) on VM• Patch with all Windows Updates• Install SharePoint prerequirements• Install SharePoint and CU• DO NOT start Configuration Wizard• Sysprep VM
Prepare images for template – SQL Server
• Install Windows Server 2012 (R2) on VM• Patch with all Windows Updates• Install SQL server with option Image prepare of a stand-
alone SQL server • Sysprep VM• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
ee210664(v=sql.110).aspx
IMAGE TEMPLATES
Active Directory accountsAccount name Role Domain rights Local SharePoint Server
rights neededSQL rights needed
sp_install Used to install SharePoint binaries. Domain User Local administrator on all SharePoint boxes
public, dbcreator, and securityadmin SQL roles. Need to be SysAdmin on SQL when installing the Workflow Manager
sp_farm Farm account. Used for Windows Timer Service, Central Admin and User Profile service
Domain User Local Admin during UPS provisioning, log on locally right
None
sp_webapp App pool id for content web apps Domain User None None
sp_serviceapps Service app pool id Domain User None None
sp_content Default account used by Search Service Application to crawl content
Domain User None None
sp_userprofile1 Account used by the User Profile services to access Active Directory
Must have Replicating Change permissions to AD. Must be given in BOTH ADUC and ADSIEDIT. If domain is Windows 2003 or early, must also be a member of the "Pre-Windows 2000" built-in group.
None None
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=391
PowerShell• http://www.sharepointusecases.com/sharepoint-2013-un
leashed-powershell-scripts/• http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/• Will be used to install SharePoint (config wizard
replacement) and to create a farm• Edit xml file per your requirement• Put everything on a network share (including vhdx files
from previous steps)
SCVMM Service Templates• Used to provision more VM’s at once• Customizable way of deploying SharePoint for
DEV/QA/PROD environments • Multiple-tier applications
SCVMM SERVICE TEMPLATES
Be carefull with...• Scripts timeouts• Account rights • Firewall• Group policy on domain• Max number of syspreps
More automation with System Center Orchestrator
• If you want more flexibility you need to add Orchestrator to the equation• Used for complex scenarios • Can be integrated with third-party software (Integration
Packs)
SPDocKit 5
Live Permission Explorer
SharePoint Permissions Management
Permissions Wizard
Cleanup and Content Usage reports
Rules and Queries
Beta
Try Beta and send us your feedback!
www.spdockit.com
Announcing the biggest release ever.
Automatic testing of SPDocKit 5 Application
Build Server Orchestrator SCVMM Service Template Build Server
ORCHESTRATOR AND AUTOMATIC TESTING OF APPLICATION
Conclusion• Saves a lot of time • Very powerfull in combination with Orchestrator and
other System Center components• Can be used in various testing scenarios • DEMO VMM template and scripts are here: https://
dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22329717/SPCDEMO.zip
questions?
@MATIJABLAGUS
thank you.
SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS ZAGREB, 10/15/2014 - 10/16/2014