Archive for September, 2019

If you have been following along in this series the last post had us fully deploy SharePoint 2019 into our Azure environment.  You may feel we are done, but in truth, there is still a little bit left.  Right now the SharePoint environment is active and works great but only if you either remote into one of the servers directly or if you know the external IP address of the WFE.  To correct this we need to add a load balancer for external access to the environment.

This is a multi-part series.  You can see what is coming and review other posts in the series by clicking one of the following links:

• Microsoft Azure – Prepping the Azure Environment for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Configure Azure Network Resources for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Build Storage Resources for Azure SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Creating the Domain Controller
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring the Domain Controller Network
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring DNS and Active Directory
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint Server Virtual Machine
• Microsoft Azure – Deploy SQL Server
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint 2019 Template with AutoSPInstaller
• Microsoft Azure – Prepping SharePoint Servers
• Microsoft Azure – Installing SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Add a Load Balancer for External Access (this post)

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So now that we have the servers all built and configured it is time to install SharePoint across all the instances.  As in previous posts, I will be using Brian Lala’s AutoSPInstaller.  The great thing about this tool is that if configured properly (like we did previously) it will perform the installation for all servers from one server.  This means you won’t have to install on one, and then install the other ones separately.  It can all be done from a single server.

This is a multi-part series.  You can see what is coming and review other posts in the series by clicking one of the following links:

• Microsoft Azure – Prepping the Azure Environment for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Configure Azure Network Resources for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Build Storage Resources for Azure SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Creating the Domain Controller
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring the Domain Controller Network
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring DNS and Active Directory
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint Server Virtual Machine
• Microsoft Azure – Deploy SQL Server
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint 2019 Template with AutoSPInstaller
• Microsoft Azure – Prepping SharePoint Servers
• Microsoft Azure – Installing SharePoint 2019 (this post)
• Microsoft Azure – Add a Load Balancer for External Access

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So now that our domain is built, servers are configured and SharePoint 2019 template is installed, we need to prep the servers that will be running SharePoint for the installation.  We have done most of the work already, but some steps need to be done for the install to go smoothly.  In this post, I’ll show you how to finish prepping the servers to effect an easy install which we will accomplish in the next post.  I am going to do as much of this with PowerShell in because we will be doing this on multiple servers.  PowerShell scripts are the easiest for ensuring correct, repeatable steps.

This is a multi-part series.  You can see what is coming and review other posts in the series by clicking one of the following links:

• Microsoft Azure – Prepping the Azure Environment for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Configure Azure Network Resources for SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Build Storage Resources for Azure SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Creating the Domain Controller
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring the Domain Controller Network
• Microsoft Azure – Configuring DNS and Active Directory
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint Server Virtual Machine
• Microsoft Azure – Deploy SQL Server
• Microsoft Azure – Build SharePoint 2019 Template with AutoSPInstaller
• Microsoft Azure – Prepping SharePoint Servers (this post)
• Microsoft Azure – Installing SharePoint 2019
• Microsoft Azure – Add a Load Balancer for External Access

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