This topic describes how to install SharePoint 2016.
Prerequisites
- An Alibaba Cloud account is created. To create an Alibaba Cloud account, go to the account registration page.
- An instance that runs Windows Server 2012 is created.
Background information
To install SharePoint 2016, you must meet the following environment requirements:
- Basic configurations:
- Windows Server 2012.
- CPU: 4 vCPUs. Memory: 8 GB. You can design the architecture and purchase ECS instances based on your actual environments.
- Software environment:
- SQL server 2012 express
- SharePoint 2016
- AD
- DNS
- IIS
- Required component: .NET Framework 3.5 for installing SQL Server.
Note
- When you install .NET Framework 3.5, an error may occur at the Add Roles and Features step. For more information about how to fix this issue, see What do I do if I am unable to install .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016?
- For more information about the required components of SharePoint, see Microsoft documentation. The system will prompt that you must install dependencies when you install SharePoint. If you fail to install the dependencies, you cannot install SharePoint.