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ec7aa5cd66ca-14 | Supported
The maximum recommended number of web sites is 500,000 sites based on the Personal Site template, and 250,000 sites based on all other templates. This limit applies per site collection and per farm. Performance can degrade as the number of subsites surpasses 2,000 at the site collection level. IMPO... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-15 | Site collection size
Maximum size of the content database
Supported
A site collection can be as large as the content database size limit for the applicable usage scenario. For more information about the different content database size limits for specific usage scenarios, see the Content database limits ta... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-16 | List row size
8,000 bytes per row
Boundary
Each list or library item can only occupy 8,000 bytes in total in the database. 300 bytes are reserved, leaving 7700 bytes for end-user columns. For details on how much space each kind of field consumes, see Column limits .
File size
2 GB
Boundary ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-17 | Bulk operations
100 items per bulk operation
Boundary
The user interface allows a maximum of 100 items to be selected for bulk operations.
List view lookup threshold
12 join operations per query
Threshold
Specifies the maximum number of joins allowed per query, such as those values based... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-18 | Subsite
2,000 per site view
Threshold
The interface for enumerating subsites of a given web site does not perform well as the number of subsites surpasses 2,000. Similarly, the All Site Content page and the Tree View Control performance will decrease significantly as the number of subsites grows.
Co... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-19 | Security scope
50,000 per list
Threshold
The maximum number of unique security scopes set for a list cannot exceed 50,000. For most farms, we recommend that you consider lowering this limit to 5,000 unique scopes. For large lists, consider using a design that uses as few unique permissions as possible. ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-20 | Choice (multiple selection)
350
Threshold
22 bytes
Number
550
Threshold
14 bytes
Currency
550
Threshold
14 bytes
Date and Time
550
Threshold
14 bytes
Lookup
750
Threshold
10 bytes
Yes / No
1000
Threshol... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-21 | 2
Threshold
30 bytes
External Data columns have the concept of a primary column and secondary columns. When you add an external data column, you can select some secondary fields of the external content type that you want to be added to the list. For example, given an External Content Type "Customer"... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-22 | Maximum value
Limit type
Notes
Number of SharePoint groups a user can belong to
5,000
Supported
This type is not a hard limit but it is consistent with Active Directory guidelines. There are several things that affect this number: The size of the user token The groups cache: SharePoint... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-23 | SharePoint groups
10,000 per site collection
Supported
Above 10,000 groups, the time to execute operations is increased significantly. This implication is especially true of adding a user to an existing group, creating a new group, and rendering group views.
Security principal: size of the Security ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-24 | Analytics reporting databases
4 per Search service application
Threshold
You can exceed this limit to accommodate specific requirements. When scaling, add an analytics reporting database when the size of any of the deployed analytics databases reaches 250-GB total size, or 20-M total rows. This way repartit... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-25 | Index replicas
3 per index partition
Supported
Each index partition can have a set of replica. If you increase the number of index replicas, this change has a positive effect on the query performance and it provides better fault tolerance. But, if you add too many replicas to your index partition, this exce... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-26 | Content-processing components
1 per server
Supported
The search topology supports scaling out the number of content-processing components. Although a specific physical host or virtual machine does support multiple content-processing components, you achieve better usage of the CPU capacity by using one conte... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-27 | Search service applications
20 per farm
Supported
Multiple Search service applications can be deployed on the same farm, because you can assign search components and databases to separate servers. This limit is lower than the limit for the total number of service applications in a farm.
Content sour... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-28 | 64 MB (3 MB for Excel documents)
Threshold
Search downloads meta data and content from a document until it reaches the maximum document size. The rest of the content is not downloaded. Search always downloads a document's meta data. You can change the default limit for the maximum document size. Do this chan... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-29 | Indexed managed property size
512 KB per searchable/queryable managed property
Threshold
This threshold is the default value for the maximum size of a managed property that is set to either "searchable" or "queryable". You can configure this limit by using PowerShell cmdlets and the schema object model to s... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-30 | Token size
Variable
Boundary
Search can index tokens of any length. But the word breaker that search uses to produce tokens can limit the token length. Word breakers are language-aware components that break content into single words (tokens). You can also create custom word breakers. The token size limit th... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-31 | Search: schema limits
The schema limits safeguard memory resources and keep the management operation overhead at an acceptable level.
Limit
Maximum value
Limit type
Notes
Crawled properties
500,000 per Search service application
Supported
The contents and metadata of the items that... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-32 | Limit type
Notes
Start addresses
500 per content source
Supported
Length of machine host name
15 characters
Threshold
NetBIOS limits the maximum machine host name length to this value.
Crawl databases
15 per Search service application
Supported
Searc... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-33 | Number of rows in a result set
500 rows
Supported
This value is the tested and default one for the maximum number of rows in a result set, except for a Discovery query. For Discovery queries 10,000 rows is the default value. To display the entire result set, issue more paging queries. You can change the ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-34 | Approaching this limit can adversely affect the overall system performance.
Unique contexts used for ranking
15 unique contexts per rank model
Boundary
This is the maximum number of unique contexts per rank model.
Authoritative pages
1 top level and minimal second and third level pages p... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-35 | Indexed items
10 million per index partition
Supported
Each index partition contains a subset of the whole search index. If the number of indexed items is high in relation to how much memory the server has, affects the query response time negatively. For SharePoint Foundation 2013, the maximum number of ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-36 | Maximum value
Limit type
Notes
Content deployment jobs running on different paths
20
Supported
For concurrently running jobs on paths that are connected to site collections in the same source content database, there is an increased risk of deadlocks on the database. For jobs that must run conc... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-37 | External system connections
500 per web server
Boundary
Number of active/open external system connections at a given point in time. The default maximum value is 200; the boundary is 500. This limit is enforced at the web server scope, regardless of the kind of external system (for example, database, .NET as... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-38 | ECT Identifier (in-store)
20 per ECT
Boundary
The maximum number of identifiers per ECT is 20.
Database Item
1,000,000 per request
Threshold
The default maximum number of items per request the database connector can return is 2,000, and the absolute maximum is 1,000,000. The default m... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-39 | Workflow timer batch size
100
Threshold
The number of events that each run of the workflow timer job will collect and deliver to workflows. It is configurable by using PowerShell. To allow for additional events, you can run additional instances of the SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service.
Wo... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-40 | Workflow instance activations per second per web server
6 per second
Threshold
Testing has confirmed that a SharePoint web server can activate a maximum of 6 workflow instances per second. This number is cumulative, and therefore scales with the number of web servers in the farm. For example, 2 web servers ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-41 | 5,000 items per list view
Threshold
This limit is a result of the maximum view size limit. When this limit is exceeded, workflow lookups to non-indexed fields will fail for non-administrative users. At this threshold, an index must be created for the field, in order for workflows to be able to successfully perf... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-42 | 1,000 links or file size of 256 Mb per document
Boundary
When a document containing links is added to a folder, SharePoint Foundation 2013 will update links automatically when the link target is moved to a new location. In a document with more than 1,000 links, or a document with a file size that exceeds 256 Mb... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-43 | Total number of items in a term store
1,000,000
Supported
An item is either a term or a term set. The sum of the number of terms and term sets cannot exceed 1,000,000. Additional labels for the same term, such as synonyms and translations, do not count as separate terms. Note: You cannot have both the ma... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-44 | Visio web drawing recalculation time-out
120 seconds
Threshold
Visio Services has a configuration setting that enables the administrator to change the maximum time that it can spend recalculating a drawing after a data refresh. A larger recalculation time-out leads to: Reduction in CPU and memory av... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-45 | Limit
Maximum value
Limit type
Notes
Cells
1,000,000 per query on Excel Services data source
Boundary
A PerformancePoint scorecard that calls an Excel Services data source is subject to a limit of no more than 1,000,000 cells per query.
Columns and rows
15 columns by 60,000 rows ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-46 | Threshold
This setting determines how often the Word Automation Services timer job executes. A lower number leads to the timer job running faster. Our testing shows that it is most useful to run this timer job once per minute.
Number of conversions to start per conversion process
For PDF/XPS output form... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-47 | Word Automation Services database size
2 million conversion items
Supported
Word Automation Services maintains a persistent queue of conversion items in its database. Each conversion request generates one or more records. Word Automation Services does not delete records from the database automatically, s... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-48 | Total concurrent translation processes
5
Threshold
Using more processes than the limit does not increase throughput because there is a limit to how much text can be translated at a time. Using more processes increases the demands on the server resources.
Delay between translations
59 minutes
... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-49 | Cache size
100 GB
Threshold
Space available to render documents, created as part of a content database. By default, the cache available to render documents is 100 GB. We do not recommend that you increase the available cache.
Renders
One per document per second per CPU core per application serve... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-50 | Number of clauses in a filter for a view
50
Boundary
A user cannot add a filter to a view that has more than 50 clauses in it.
SharePoint Apps limits
The following table lists the recommended guidelines for apps for SharePoint.
Limit
Maximum value
Limit type
Notes
Max... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-51 | Number of apps displayed in the Add an App page
240
Boundary
After this limit is reached, only the first 240 apps are displayed, and a message guiding you to search to find your app is displayed.
Number of managers per app license
30
Boundary
Only 30 people can manage a license. License ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
ec7aa5cd66ca-52 | Number of cache hosts in a cluster
16
Boundary
The total number of cache hosts a single distributed cache cluster can support is 16.
Maximum amount of memory dedicated to a cache host
16GB
Boundary
The total amount of memory that can be dedicated to the distributed cache service on any o... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/software-boundaries-and-limits |
1efbc6d6b621-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365.
SharePoint 2013 supports several commonly used web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge. However, certain web browsers could cause some SharePoint 2013 functional... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning |
1efbc6d6b621-1 | Google Chrome (latest released version)
X
Mozilla Firefox (latest released version)
X
Apple Safari (latest released version)
X
Browser details
Review the details of the web browser that you have or plan to use in your organization to make sure that the web browser works... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning |
1efbc6d6b621-2 | Note
Internet Explorer 10 does not support Active X controls when in immersive mode. The functionality for the controls listed below should only be expected to work in desktop mode.
Plugin name
DLL Filename
What it does
Supported browser version
Known limitations
Digital Signature
... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning |
1efbc6d6b621-3 | Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10
If Excel is not installed, an error message states that a list cannot be imported because a compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with the browser.
StssyncHandler
Owssupp.dll
Enables synchronization of lists of events and lis... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning |
1efbc6d6b621-4 | Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10
In Firefox, Google Chrome, and immersive mode of Internet Explorer version 10, the copy progress dialog is not displayed.
PPActiveX
PPSLAX.dll
Starts PowerPoint to open presentations from a slide library or publish individual slides to a slide library.
Int... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning |
7bbc93d0f716-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Important
If you contact Microsoft Customer Support Services about a production system that does not meet the minimum hardware specifications described in this document, support will be limited until the system is upgraded to the mi... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-1 | Hardware and software requirements (Project Server 2013)
For eDiscovery, each front-end web server must have the Exchange Web Services Managed API, version 1.2 installed. For more information, see the following articles:
Configure eDiscovery in SharePoint Server
Configure Exchange for SharePoint eDiscovery ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-2 | Hardware requirements—web servers, application servers, and single server installations
The values in the following table are minimum values for installations on a single server with a built-in database and for web and application servers that are running SharePoint 2013 in a multiple server farm installation.
... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-3 | 24 GB
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm
Pilot, user acceptance test, or production deployment of SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013.
12 GB
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive
Hardware requirements—d... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-4 | Hard disk
80 GB for system drive Hard disk space depends on how much content that you have in your deployment. For information about how to estimate the amount of content and other databases for your deployment, see Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration (SharePoint Server 2010) .
... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-5 | Minimum software requirements
This section provides minimum software requirements for each server in the farm.
Minimum requirements for a database server in a farm:
Note
SQL Server products and all future public updates and service packs are supported through the SQL Server product lifecycle.
One of the... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-6 | Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter
Note
Windows Server 2012 R2 is only supported on a SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 environment. For additional information about Windows Server 2012 R2 support, see SharePoint 2013 SP1 support in Windows Server 201... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-7 | Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
Windows Management Framework 3.0 which includes Microsoft PowerShell 3.0
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) 1.0 and Microsoft Identity Extensions (previously named WIF 1.1)
Windows Server AppFabric
Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-8 | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB 2759112)
Windows Server 2012 (KB 2765317)
The Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool installs the following prerequisites for front-end web servers and application servers in a farm:
Web Server (IIS) role
Application Server role
Microsoft .NET Framework ver... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-9 | Secure Store Service
User Profile service application (SharePoint Server 2013 only)
Optional software
The optional software in this section is supported but is not required to install or use SharePoint 2013. This software might be required by capabilities such as business intelligence. For more informat... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-10 | Single server with built-in database, front-end web servers, and application servers in a farm
.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server (part of Microsoft .NET Framework) .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB (part of Microsoft .NET Framework) Workflow Manager You can install Workflow Manager on a ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-11 | Client computer
Windows 7 For information about how to use Windows 7 with SharePoint 2013 in a development environment, see Start: Set up the development environment for SharePoint 2013 . Silverlight 3 Office 2016 Microsoft Office 2010 with Service Pack 2 With KB 2553248 Microsoft Office 2... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-12 | FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075)
Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB 2759112)
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 (KB 2765317)
Windows Server 2012, Datac... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-13 | Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application (DAC) Framework 64-bit edition - ENU\x64\dacframework.msi
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom 64-bit edition - SQLDOM.msi
Microsoft System CLR Types for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 64-bit edition - SQLSysClrTypes.msi
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 wit... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-14 | You can run prerequisiteinstaller.exe at a command prompt with the following options. When you run prerequisiteinstaller.exe at a command prompt, you may be asked to restart the server one or more times during the installation process. After rebooting, you should continue the prerequisite installation by running prereq... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
7bbc93d0f716-15 | /AppFabric:< file > Install Windows Server AppFabric from < file > (AppFabric must be installed with the options /i CacheClient,CachingService,CacheAdmin /gac)
/KB2671763:< file > Install Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (AppFabric 1.1) from < file >
/MSIPCClient:< file > Install Microsoft I... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 |
2b0bd346c16d-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Server roles in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition
There are eight pre-defined server roles in 3 categories you can choose from in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. Read more about the roles... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-1 | 2. From SharePoint 2016, the use of the term "Application server" has a different meaning from the common use of the term in previous versions. In previous versions of SharePoint, the Application server typically hosted service application endpoints that Front-end servers would call while serving user requests. In Shar... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-2 | This shared role was introduced in the November Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1).
Application with Search
Shared role that combines the Application and Search roles on the same server. Make sure the server meets the system requirements for hosting a shared server role.
This shared rol... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-3 | Note
You must have the November Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1) installed to use shared roles in your farm topology.
MinRole Topologies
There are three different types of SharePoint farms:
Content Farms: These farms host sites and service applications, and can optionally consume se... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-4 | Dedicated roles, shared roles, and the Custom server role can be used together in the same farm. If you substitute the Custom server role for one or more MinRole-managed server roles, you must ensure that servers assigned to the Custom role are configured properly with the service instances needed in that type of farm.... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-5 | Medium High Availability (HA) MinRole farm (user optimized)
6
Six servers with both dedicated and shared roles: Two Front-end servers Two Distributed Cache servers Two Application with Search servers
Large High Availability (HA) MinRole farm
8
Eight servers with four dedicated roles: Two F... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-6 | You can deploy your servers in a farm in any order you want. Any server role can be the first server in your farm.
SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard
When you create a new farm or join a server to an existing farm by using the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, a new form is displayed in the wizard. Th... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-7 | Search (if hosting a Search service application)
Note
This guidance does not apply to farms that use the Custom server role.
Manually configuring Search to crawl
The farm administrator should configure Search to crawl web applications using the Application server role or the Application with Search serv... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
2b0bd346c16d-8 | See also
Concepts
SharePoint Server 2016 zero downtime patching steps
Overview of MinRole Server Roles in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition
Description of MinRole and associated services in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition
Other Resources
Managing a MinRole Serve... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/planning-for-a-minrole-server-deployment-in-sharepoint-server |
f582923e77e0-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Learn about the new MinRole farm topology and its benefits in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition.
What is MinRole?
MinRole is a new farm topology based on a set of predefined server roles introduced in SharePoi... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/overview-of-minrole-server-roles-in-sharepoint-server |
f582923e77e0-1 | Simplified capacity planning and farm scalability : Microsoft bases capacity planning on the MinRole topology. By deploying your farm in a recommended MinRole topology, you'll be able to leverage more predictable and prescriptive capacity-planning guidance. Plus, it's now easier to add servers into your farm as your ne... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/overview-of-minrole-server-roles-in-sharepoint-server |
f582923e77e0-2 | How does MinRole improve performance and reliability?
SharePoint often needs to communicate with service instances when serving requests. In previous releases, many service instances were typically hosted on separate servers, requiring cross-server connections from the front-end servers, which added latency. In addit... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/overview-of-minrole-server-roles-in-sharepoint-server |
f582923e77e0-3 | How does MinRole simplify capacity planning and farm scalability?
Microsoft provides various recommended MinRole farm topologies for our customers, including small, medium, and large-sized farms. To review the recommended MinRole farm topologies, see Planning for a MinRole server deployment in SharePoint Servers 201... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/overview-of-minrole-server-roles-in-sharepoint-server |
f582923e77e0-4 | Updated service instance assignments for each server role to ensure your farm is operating at optimal performance. For more information about the new service instance assignments, see Description of MinRole and associated services in SharePoint Servers 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition .
Microsoft recommends ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/overview-of-minrole-server-roles-in-sharepoint-server |
daebbbf468a3-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Installing prerequisites from an offline location is typically required when the servers on which you want to install SharePoint Server are isolated from the Internet. Even if this is not the case, by installing prerequisites from a cen... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
daebbbf468a3-1 | Download and combine the SharePoint Server prerequisites on a file share
You can download and combine prerequisites by performing the steps in the following procedures.
To identify prerequisites
Refer to the article, Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint Server 2016 , which lists all the requir... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
daebbbf468a3-2 | Copy the files that you downloaded from the Internet to the shared folder.
After you finish creating an available network location for the prerequisites, use the procedure in the following section to install SharePoint Server prerequisites on a server.
Install the SharePoint Server prerequisites at the command ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
daebbbf468a3-3 | Note
If you specify an argument, PrerequisiteInstaller.exe ignores the arguments file and processes only the command-line argument.
PrerequisiteInstaller.exe scans the local system to determine whether any of the prerequisites are already installed.
PrerequisiteInstaller.exe installs the programs in the arg... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
daebbbf468a3-4 | Use the following procedure to create an arguments file.
To create an arguments file
Using a text editor, create a new text document named PrerequisiteInstaller.Arguments.txt. Save this file to the same location as PrerequisiteInstaller.exe. This file will contain the switches and arguments that are used when you... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
daebbbf468a3-5 | After a computer restart, the arguments file is not used
After you restart, PrerequisiteInstaller.exe runs the startup command file, which contains a /continue flag. The /continue flag forces the installer to ignore the arguments file.
You must prevent a restart by deleting the startup task in this command file by ... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-prerequisites-from-network-share |
299a62e207bd-0 | APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition SharePoint in Microsoft 365
This article describes SharePoint administrative and services account permissions for the following areas: Microsoft SQL Server, the file system, file shares, and registry entries.
Important
Do not use service account names that c... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-1 | A single account should be used for all Service Applications, named Service Application Pool account . This usage of a single account allows the administrator to use a single IIS Application Pool for all Service Applications. In addition, this account should run the following Windows Services: SharePoint Search Host C... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-2 | What is it used for?
How many should be used?
SharePoint Farm Administrator account
Personally identifiable account for a SharePoint admin
1-n
SharePoint Farm Service account
Timer Service, Insights, IIS App for CA, SP Web Services System, Security Token Service App Pool
1
Default conten... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-3 | Microsoft PowerShell.
SharePoint Farm Administrator account
This account is used to set up each server in your farm by running the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard (Psconfig), the initial Farm Configuration Wizard, and PowerShell. For the examples in this article, the SharePoint Farm Administrator accou... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-4 | Caution
If the account that you use to run the configuration wizards doesn't have the appropriate special SQL Server role membership or access as db_owner on the databases, the configuration wizards won't run correctly.
SharePoint Farm Service account
The SharePoint Farm service account, which is also referre... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-5 | Default content access account
The default content access account is used within a specific service application to crawl content, unless a different authentication method is specified by a crawl rule for a URL or URL pattern. This account requires the following permission configuration settings:
The default conte... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-6 | The following SQL Server and database permissions are configured automatically:
This account is assigned to the WSS_CONTENT_APPLICATION_POOLS role that is associated with the farm configuration database.
This account is assigned to the WSS_CONTENT_APPLICATION_POOLS role that is associated with the SharePoin... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-7 | WSS_CONTENT_APPLICATION_POOLS database role
The WSS_CONTENT_APPLICATION_POOLS database role applies to the application pool account for each Web Application that is registered in a SharePoint farm. This role applicability enables Web Applications to query and update the site map and have read-only access to other... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-8 | Members of the SharePoint_SHELL_ACCESS role have the execute permission for all stored procedures for the database. In addition, members of this role have the read and write permissions on all the database tables.
SPREADONLY database role
The SPREADONLY role should be used for setting the database to rea... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-9 | Grant UPDATE on Sites view.
Grant UPDATE on UserData view.
Grant UPDATE on AllUserData table.
Grant INSERT and DELETE on NameValuePair tables.
Grant create table permission.
Group permissions
This section describes the permissions of groups that the SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 setup and... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-10 | Full control
No
This key is the root of the SharePoint Server 2016 registry settings.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office Server\16.0\LoadBalancerSettings
Read, write
No
This key contains settings for the document conversion service. Altering this key will break document conversion functionalit... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-11 | Permissions
Inherit
Description
%AllUsersProfile%\ Microsoft\SharePoint
Full control
No
This directory contains the file-system-backed cache of the farm configuration. If this directory is altered or deleted, processes might fail to start, and the administrative actions might fail.
C:\Inetpub\... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-12 | Full control
No
This directory is the root location where local data is stored, including search indexes. If this directory is removed or altered, the Search functionality will fail. WSS_ADMIN_WPG Windows security group permissions are required to enable the Search functionality to save and secure data in this fold... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-13 | %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\LOGS
Full control
No
This directory contains setup and runtime tracing logs. If the directory is altered, diagnostic logging won't function correctly.
%windir%\temp
Full control
Yes
This directory is used by platform components on which Sh... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-14 | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office Server\16.0\LoadBalancerSettings
Read, write
No
This key contains settings for the document conversion service. If this key is altered, the document conversion functionality will break.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office Server\16.0\LauncherSettings
R... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-15 | C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss
Read, execute
No
This directory (or the corresponding directory under the Inetpub root on the server) is used as the default location for IIS Websites. If this directory is altered or deleted, SharePoint sites will be unavailable and administrative actions might fail, unless custom IIS Webs... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-16 | Read
Yes
This directory contains files used to extend IIS Websites with SharePoint Server. If this directory or its contents are altered, Web Application provisioning won't function correctly.
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\LOGS
Modify
No
This directory contains setup and... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-17 | Permissions
Inherit
Description
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office Servers\16.0\Bin
Read, execute
No
This directory is the installed location of the SharePoint Server binaries. If this directory is removed or altered, all the SharePoint Server functionalities will fail.
Local system
The follo... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-18 | The following table shows the local file system permissions:
File system path
Permissions
Inherit
Description
%AllUsersProfile%\ Microsoft\SharePoint
Full control
No
This directory contains the file-system-backed cache of the farm configuration. If this directory is altered or deleted, pro... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
299a62e207bd-19 | %windir%\temp
Full control
Yes
This directory is used by platform components on which SharePoint Server depends. If the ACL is modified, Web Part rendering and other deserialization operations might fail.
%windir%\System32\logfiles\SharePoint
Full control
No
This directory is used by SharePoint Server... | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/account-permissions-and-security-settings-in-sharepoint-server-2016 |
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