Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint Server 2019/2016/2013

This SharePoint tutorial explains SharePoint hardware and software requirements. We will see various hardware and software requirements for SharePoint server 2019/2016/2013. First, we will discuss on SharePoint 2019 requirements and then SharePoint 2016 requirements and SharePoint 2013 installation requirements.

Microsoft has already released SharePoint 2019 for production use and lots of organizations started using SharePoint 2019.

If you are still using an older version, then have a look at the below article:

• Check out SharePoint 2013, 2016, 2010 and Moss 2007 End of Support Roadmap, Plan to Migrate to SharePoint Online or SharePoint 2019.

If your organization wants to have SharePoint on-premise environment, then it is necessary to know the installation requirement of SharePoint 2019/2016/2013 like hardware and software requirements.

Before starting the installation, make sure you will have the required hardware and software.

SharePoint 2019 requirements

Below are the hardware and software requirements we should follow before installing the SharePoint server 2019.

Based on your requirement there can be various installation scenarios, so make sure you should have the below guidelines for your web servers or application servers.

Useful Links:

• Download SharePoint Server 2019 from MSDN
• SharePoint 2019/2016/2013/Online Supported Browser

Below are the SharePoint 2019 requirements.

Note:

• For any kind of installations, you should have sufficient space for logging, debugging, creating memory dumps, etc.
• And also, for Product environments, you should have two times as much free space as you have RAM.

SharePoint 2019 hardware requirements

Installation scenario	Deployment type and scale	RAM	Processor	Hard disk space
Single server role that uses SQL Server	Development or evaluation installation of SharePoint Server 2019 with the minimum recommended services for development environments. Use the Single-Server farm role that will let you choose which service applications to provision. For additional information on Single-Server farm role.	16 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB for system drive 100 GB for the second drive
Single server role that uses SQL Server	Pilot or user acceptance test installation of SharePoint Server 2019 running all available services for development environments.	24 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB for system drive 100 GB for the second drive and additional drives
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Development or evaluation installation of SharePoint Server 2019 with a minimum number of services.	12 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB for system drive 80 GB for the second drive
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Pilot, user acceptance test, or production deployment of SharePoint Server 2019 running all available services.	16 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB for system drive 80 GB for the second drive and additional drives

SharePoint 2019 software requirements

Now, let us check out the SharePoint 2019 software requirements.

Operating System Requirement:

Below is the operating system requirements for SharePoint server 2019.

• Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter
• Windows Server 2019 Standard or Datacenter

SharePoint 2019 SQL server requirements:

Below are the database server requirements for a SharePoint Server 2019 farm:

• SQL Server 2016
• SQL Server 2017
• SQL Server 2019
• Any future version of SQL Server for Windows that supports database compatibility level 130.

Note: SQL Server Express is not supported to install SharePoint server 2019.

These are the SharePoint 2019 sql server requirements.

Note: We can not install Office 2019 client and SharePoint Server 2019 on the same computer, Microsoft does not allow this.

So, these are the minimum SharePoint 2019 system requirements. You can also check out this MSDN link.

SharePoint 2016 requirements

Now, let us check out the SharePoint 2016 requirements, mostly, we will cover the SharePoint 2016 hardware requirements and SharePoint 2016 software requirements.

Below are few hardware and software requirements for installing SharePoint server 2016.

Based on your requirement there can be various installation scenarios for SharePoint 2016, so make sure you should have the below guidelines for your web servers or application servers.

Useful Links:

• Download SharePoint Server 2016 from MSDN
• SharePoint server 2016 new and removed features

SharePoint 2016 hardware requirements

Here are the SharePoint 2016 hardware requirements.

Scenario	Deployment type	Processor	RAM	Hard disk
Database server running a single SQL instance	Development	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80GB
Database server running a single SQL instance	QA/Production	64-bit, 4 cores	16-24 GB	80GB
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Development	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80GB
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	QA/Production	64-bit, 4 cores	16-24 GB	80GB

Prerequisites for SharePoint 2016:

Below are the prerequisites required to install SharePoint 2016. Like SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 has a Prerequisite Installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe) which will install the required components.

• Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client
• Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server
• Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
• Windows Server AppFabric 1.1
• Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763)
• Microsoft Identity Extensions
• Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client
• Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
• Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
• Update for Microsoft .NET Framework to disable RC4 in Transport Layer Security (KB2898850)
• Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

SharePoint 2016 software requirements

Here are the SharePoint 2016 software requirements.

Operating System Requirement:
SharePoint Server 2016 will be supported any one of the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter
• Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter
• Windows Server 2019 Standard or Datacenter

.Net Framework:

• Windows Server 2012 R2: SharePoint 2016 requires .NET Framework 4.5.2
• Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”: SharePoint 16 requires .NET Framework 4.6 Preview, which comes with Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”.

SharePoint 2016 sql server requirements

Overall, the SharePoint 2016 sql server requirements are any Standard or Enterprise Edition of SQL Server for Windows that supports database compatibility level 110. SharePoint Server 2016 requires any one of the below SQL servers:

• SQL Server 2012
• SQL Server 2014
• SQL Server 2016
• SQL Server 2017
• SQL Server 2019
• Any future version of SQL Server for Windows that supports database compatibility level 110.

You can follow this msdn article.

SharePoint 2013 requirements

Below are the installation (hardware and software) requirements for SharePoint 2013.

Installation Scenario	Deployment type	RAM	Processor	Hard disk space
Single server with a built-in database or single server that uses SQL Server	Development or evaluation installation of SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013 with the minimum recommended services for development environments.	8 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB
Single server with a built-in database or single server that uses SQL Server	Development or evaluation installation of SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013 running Visual Studio 2012 and the minimum recommended services for development environments.	10 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB
Single server with a built-in database or single server that uses SQL Server	Development or evaluation installation of SharePoint Server 2013 running all available services	24 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	User acceptance test, or production deployment of SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013.	12 GB	64-bit, 4 cores	80 GB

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter [64 Bit]
• Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter [64 Bit]
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 [64 Bit]
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 [64 Bit]
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5

Prerequisites for SharePoint 2013:

Below are the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2013.

• Web Server (IIS) role
• Application Server role
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5
• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
• Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
• Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC)
• Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
• Windows Management Framework 3.0 which includes Windows 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 Windows Server (KB 2671763)

You can check more on this MSDN article.

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• SharePoint Online vs on premise
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• SharePoint 2013 new features for developers
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• SharePoint 2013 Customization and Development Understanding

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