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Installing SP 2019 in stand alone mode...
Tried posting this before... don't see it in the forum.
I am new to SP. I am having trouble installing in a stand alone configuration. I know stand alone is not recommended for production. I am trying to set up a test bed to get familiar with the product. Then, we will reinstall and move to production.
I have run the prereq installer with no issues. I installed from the installer with no issues. When running the Sharepoint 2019 Products Configuration Wizard, I cannot find a setting for installing stand alone. I am only prompted to join an existing farm or create a new farm. So when I try to configure a new farm, I am roadblocked by an error advising local accounts can only be used in stand alone mode. Which is exactly what I'm trying to do!
I've attached pertinent screen shots. Any help greatly appreciated.
Chris Church
mikeleemsft perhaps these dialogs need to be revamped to remove the mention of stand alone mode?
eventmakers you need to join the server to Active Directory (or Azure AD DS) and use domain accounts.
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mikeleemsft perhaps these dialogs need to be revamped to remove the mention of stand alone mode?
eventmakers you need to join the server to Active Directory (or Azure AD DS) and use domain accounts.
- mikeleemsft
Microsoft
Trevor Seward Agreed! Stand Alone mode was removed from SharePoint 2016.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new/what-s-deprecated-or-removed-from-sharepoint-server-2016Standalone Install mode
SharePoint Server 2016 doesn't support the standalone install option, so it is no longer available in the setup program. Use the MinRole feature during installation and choose one of the available install options. The Single Server Farm option where everything is installed on the same computer is supported for dev/test/demo purposes. When you use this option, you must install SQL Server yourself and then run the SharePoint Server 2016 farm configuration wizard.
However, it seems if you choose a local account, the error is misleading, but a domain joined server is required.
See:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-and-software-requirements-2019
Important
SharePoint Server 2019 requires a minimum of an Active Directory 2003 native forest and domain functional level.
mikeleemsft OK, so the blocker here wasn't not being able to install SP 2019 on a single server. That is definitely supported. It took days, but I finally found the relevant KBase article.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/install-sharepoint-server-2016-on-one-server
The blocker was, SP 2019 cannot be configured with a local account. Despite the errant dialog in the Products configurator indicating "local accounts can only be utilized in standalone mode.
I would have just set up an AD test bed on my single server bench if I hadn't heard directly from MS "Volume Licensing Pre-Sales Support" that AD was not required. Not sure why that dialog hasn't been updated if AD is, in fact, required. All I know is that my install went through after I added and confgured AD.
Thanks again for all the help. Greatly appreciated.
Trevor SewardThe configurator mentions a stand alone installation when I supply the local user account. To me, this confirms that you can install on stand alone. I do not think I need to install AD in the test bed.
- It seems to me that he is trying to install without having the server joined to a domain
Correct. Microsoft advised that AD is not required. Is this not the case? jcgonzalezmartin
