Creating a Top Level Site Collection for SharePoint Server 2013 in a Test Environment

In a video tutorial titled Creating a SharePoint 2013 testing environment – Part 7 – Creating a Site Collection, Asif Rehmani demonstrates how a short set of point, click and edit procedures can be used to quickly set up a top level site collection for SharePoint Server 2013 in a test environment. Subscribers to SharePoint-Videos.com […]

Adding SharePoint Server 2013 to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Network for Testing

Once an instance of SharePoint Server 2013 has been installed, configured and activated, it needs to be added as a host to a Windows network. In a short video tutorial, MCreating a SharePoint 2013 testing environment – Part 6 – Configuring DNS for hosting SharePoint sites and Apps, Asif Rehmani demonstrates the steps to take […]

Using the Wizard to Configure SharePoint Server 2013 Preview and Setting Up a Site Collection

This is the second in our two part commentary on a video training course, Installing SharePoint Server 2013 Preview, authored by Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT. A wizard is available with SharePoint Server 2013 Preview to configure a farm. Asif Rehmani recommends using the existing managed service account, which was set up earlier in […]

Commentary on a Video Training Course on Installing SharePoint Server 2013

In February, 2013, there is much interest in SharePoint 2013. Per a recent study sponsored by Metalogix, approximately 60% of the survey respondents expressed an interest in migrating to SharePoint 2013. There are, of course, quite a number of reasons for this level of interest, not the least of which is the fact that the […]