Free Step by Step SharePoint Server 2013 Lab Guides by Microsoft

By Microsoft MVP and MCT · Pluralsight Author

Published July 23, 2013 · Updated January 15, 2026 · Learning & Credentials, SharePoint

This Post contains a bunch of Free Step by Step SharePoint Server 2013 Lab Guides that Microsoft gives for free on its Download Center. Usually I post them together with the other free resources that Microsoft offers, however this is a Test Lab Guide (TLG) only post, and the rest of the resources will come later in the month.

Free Step by Step SharePoint Server 2013 Lab Guides by Microsoft

Microsoft Download Center

  1. Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a three-tier farm

  2. Test Lab Guide: Configure intranet and team sites for SharePoint Server 2013

  3. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate permissions with SharePoint Server 2013

  4. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization for SharePoint Server 2013

  5. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Social Features for SharePoint Server 2013

  6. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate SAML-based Claims Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013

  7. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate forms-based claims authentication for SharePoint Server 2013

  8. Test Lab Guide: Configure eDiscovery for SharePoint Server 2013

  9. Test Lab Guide: Create a Business Intelligence Baseline Environment

  10. Test Lab Guide: Configure Secure Store

  11. Test Lab Guide: Configure Excel Services

  12. Test Lab Guide: Configure the Excel Services unattended service account

  13. Test Lab Guide: Configure Excel Services data refresh by using an embedded connection

  14. Test Lab Guide: Configure Excel Services data refresh by using an external connection

  15. Test Lab Guide: Configure Visio Services

  16. Test Lab Guide: Configure the Visio Services unattended service account

  17. Test Lab Guide: Configure Visio Services data refresh using an external connection

  18. Test Lab Guide: Configure PerformancePoint Services

  19. Test Lab Guide: Configure data access for PerformancePoint Services

  20. Test Lab Guide Mini-Module: Configuring a Second SharePoint Server 2013 Farm 

  21. Test Lab Guide: Configure a Highly Available SharePoint Server 2013 Search Topology

  22. Test Lab Guide: Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab

A very nice Poster from Microsoft that resumes the above http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=39298 

Teched North America

  1. Configuring Office Web Applications for Microsoft SharePoint 2013 

  2. Configuring Social Features in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 

  3. Extending the Search Experience in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 

  4. Introduction to Web Content Management in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 

  5. Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Site 

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