Even if you don’t have plans to expand this farm, install SQL separately, as your production farm will be using this model. Note there are limitations, but if you’re doing a quick POC or trying out SharePoint, SQL Express will probably be fine. I recommend installing SQL separately as it’ll allow you to expand on your new SharePoint farm in the future. If you don’t have access to SQL server, you can either install SharePoint in a single server instance which includes SQL for you, or better yet, download and install SQL Express (free). Sorry, you can’t run on MySql or any other variation out there. SharePoint runs on Microsoft SQL, period. SQL has been configured with a named instance SPF2013A for this specific instance of SharePoint. I already have Windows 2012 R2 Standard installed, and I have SQL Server 2012 Standard with SP1 installed on another VM. I am installing it in VMWare, with 8GB RAM and 2 cores. Check out the hardware and software requirements here. Requirements for Foundation are similar to the Server versions. Looks like Microsoft doesn’t necessarily want to show off this free version is readily available. If you’re running Windows Server 2008, you can download it without SP1. Wait, that doesn’t have SP1 which is required for Windows Server 2012 (but SP1 has been retracted, hasn’t it?), so I searched some more and found it.
Then off to the right under Related Downloads is a link for SharePoint Foundation 2013.
I clicked Try Now under SharePoint Server 2013. Going to and clicking Try or Buy didn’t render a link. Downloading SharePoint Foundationįinding SharePoint Foundation was not as easy as one would expect.
I am going to walk through a mini-series around SharePoint Foundation: installing (this post), what features it contains (and does not), how it can fulfill some use cases and finally a wrap up discussing if Foundation is a viable solution for companies both large and small. Yes, free! SharePoint Foundation 2013 is technically free (well, included in your existing Windows licenses) and can do a whole lot for you without needing to spend significant amounts of money on Server editions. Come along with me on a small adventure into the world of free SharePoint.
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