SharePoint 2019 Upgrade Part 3: SharePoint 2019 Installation and configuration

SharePoint 2019 Installation and Configuration

In this blog post we are going to cover SharePoint 2019 installation and configuration part:

Install SharePoint 2019

Mount Installation Media and open folder
 
Click on Splash Application


Install Software prerequisites

  1. Click Install Software prerequisites
  2. Click next and wait for it to complete the installation of all the prerequisite software (approx. 10-15 min)
  3. Prerequisite Installation Completed

SharePoint 2019 Server Installation

Click on Install SharePoint Server
Provide license Key and click Continue
Accept license terms and click Continue
Click Install Now
Installation progress displayed in progress bar, wait for it to complete (approx. 10-15 min).

Uncheck Run Configuration Wizard now and click Close.


Configure SQL Server Alias using cliconfg utility

Create SQL Server alias SP19SQLAlias. You can follow my see part 1 of this series on SharePoint 2016 installation to configure SQL Server alias.

Run Configuration Wizard

  1. Run SharePoint configuration wizard.
  2. Reboot the server and start configuration wizard.
  3. Click Next to start.
  4. Click Yes.
  5. Provide Database settings and click Next.
    1. Database Server Name: SP19SQLAlias
    2. Database Name: SharePoint_Config
    3. UserName: domain\username
    4. Password: user's password from Password vault.
  6. Click next if issue occurs in connecting to SQL server then please follow the procedure mention in issues.

    Create passphrase and click Next
  7. Select Server role based on selected Topology. For the testing purpose in DR I’ve selected Single Server Farm.
  8. Select Specify Port Number and type 2019
  9. Check the summary of configurations and click next to continue configuration.
  10. Configuration wizard will complete 10 tasks and create Central Administration site.

    Wait for it to complete (approx. 10-15 min).
  11. On Successful completion, Central Administration site will be created.
  12. Click Finish to close the configuration wizard and open Central Admin Site.
  13. Click Start the Wizard
     
  14. Select Managed account or provide new and then deselect the services if you are going to restore from SharePoint 2013/2016 databases i.e. 
    1. Secure Store Service,
    2. Business Connectivity Service, 
    3. Managed Metadata Service, 
    4. User Profile Service and 
    5. Search Service.

      Click next and wait for wizard to complete the configuration. Wizard will configure the services as per min-role selected.

IIS Configuration

SharePoint Central Admin and Web Service Configured. And Application Pools created for application and services.


Patch SharePoint Server

Install latest update from SharePoint update store and run configuration wizard to configure SharePoint environment.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/officeupdates/sharepoint-updates

This will finish the SharePoint 2019 installation and configuration. SharePoint 2019 farm is ready to use, if you are not upgrading it from SharePoint 2013/2016 then create Web Applications, Site Collection and enjoy the new environment. For upgrading SharePoint 2016 databases stay tuned and wait for next post of this series.


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