Create a scripted SharePoint 2013 Development Environment Tutorial – Part 7

Introduction

Creating a SharePoint Development Virtual Machine is something you might have to do quite a few times as a Developer. Even if it’s a pretty easy process, on a slow machine it can easily kill 4-5 hours of your day only to install SQL, SharePoint, Visual Studio and all the others tools you might need to get started. What if you could just script it so it’s all done automatically while you go take coffee, chat on SharePoint Community or whatever else you enjoy doing? In this tutorial we will learn how to build a script that we will keep using for as long as you keep developing on SharePoint 2013. The tutorial will be split in a few sections since in order to keep them focused and short, and at the end they will all be published in a downloadable PDF. I strongly encourage you to not only copy the scripts, but actually read the blog posts of why I did them like this and there are some parts where you will need to work as well!

Sections:

1. Introduction & Prerequisites & Creating the Domain and Service Accounts
2. Installing software prerequisites + SQL
3. Installing SharePoint 2013
4. Installing Visual Studio 2012 and Optional Software
5. Basic Optimizing and Summary
6. Advanced Optimizing of the scripts!
7. An eBook Guide of the 6 sections and a video!  (You are here)

Summary

The finalized script is now done, and with only a few changes such as the PC name, you and your developers can create SharePoint 2013 development Virtual Machines with all the required tools with only a few clicks!  I know the instructions weren’t the easiest, but the task wasn’t easy either! I hope you enjoyed and learned from this series as much as I enjoyed doing it and believe it or not, I wasn’t even sure it was doable when I first started the series.

PowerShell is a really powerful tool, and it can really create things that we couldn’t believe were possible a few years ago without additional software like MDT or SCCM.    You can view the final video on YouTube here:

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Full Guide

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