SharePoint 2016 preview Installation

I have completed Application SharePoint Farm for SharePoint 2016 Preview with dedicated Database Server. I would like to share the SharePoint 2016 installation experience to all. The details and steps are below

Hardware Requirement for SharePoint 2016

Scenario	Deployment Type	Processor	RAM	Hard Disk
Database server running a single SQL instance	Development or evaluation installation with the minimum recommended services	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80 GB for system drive 100 GB for second drive
Database server running a single SQL instance	Pilot, user acceptance test running all available services	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80 GB for system drive 100 GB for second drive and additional drives
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Development or evaluation installation with the minimum number of services	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80 GB for system drive 80 GB for second drive
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Pilot, user acceptance test running all available services	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80 GB for system drive 80 GB for second drive and additional drives

Server Type	Operating System	Installation Media	SP 2016 Prerequisites
Database	Windows Server 2012 R2	SQL Server 2014
SharePoint Server	Windows Server 2012 R2	SharePoint 2016 Preview	· Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role · Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client · Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server · Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64) · Windows Server AppFabric 1.1 · Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763) · Microsoft Identity Extensions · Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client · Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0 · Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6 · Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 · Update for Microsoft .NET Framework to disable RC4 in Transport Layer Security (KB2898850) · Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

SharePoint 2016 Installation steps

Ø Install the SharePoint 2016 Prerequisites

Ø Install the SharePoint 2016

Ø Run the SharePoint 2016 product configuration Wizard

Ø Select appropriate Role in the Minimum role Topology(MinRoleTopology)

Ø Complete the SharePoint 2016 Product configuration Wizard

Install SharePoint 2016 prerequisites:

Run the Splash Setup and Click “install prerequisites “and follow the instructions to complete the prerequisites installations and restart the machines.

Install SharePoint 2016 Preview

Run the splash setup and click install SharePoint 2016 and follow the instructions to complete the installations.

SharePoint product configuration Wizard and Select MinRoleTopology

1. Run the configuration and follow the instruction

2. In the Minimum Role Topology Section select the appropriate Role. For my case I have selected Application Role and completed the configuration wizard

Roles	Descriptions
Front End	Services end user requests, optimized for low latency.
Application	Services the backend jobs or the requests triggered by backend jobs, optimized for high throughput.
Distributed Cache	Services distributed cache for the farm. Optionally, the server assigned to this role can load balance end user requests among the web front ends.
Search	Reserved for Search services.
Custom	Reserved for services to be isolated from other services, I.e. 3rd party, PerformancePoint, etc.
Single-Server Farm	Provisions all services on the server for a single server deployment. This role is provided for evaluation and development purposes.

Important: Single Server Farm is like a Standalone installation, so you could not join additional machines to this SharePoint Farm.