In the SfB documentation, there are two separate references to installing operating system prerequisites before you can install Skype for Business Server 2015 Front ends. In case you have not compared them, here are the two references:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn933900.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn951388.aspx
For the analytical types, comparing the two versions of the PowerShell scripts reveals differences. I spent a little time comparing the two and then combining them into one string. Oh, and I tested the outcome by installing a SfB Standard Edition just to check my work.
Here is the script:
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core, RSAT-ADDS, Windows-Identity-Foundation, Web-Server, Web-Static-Content, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Net-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Filtering, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Dyn-Compression, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Scripting-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Desktop-Experience, Telnet-Client, Server-Media-Foundation, BITS
I only did this for the Server 2012 R2 prerequisite installs, because, frankly, I cannot understand why anyone would install a new SfB server on anything but 2012 R2.
YMMV
3 comments:
Do you really need to have Desktop-Experience installed at the same time as Server-Media-Foundation ?
If not then it seems the correct article would be https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn933900.aspx which cover it all as far as I can see.
@M that is a great question. What I did was to take the two different scripts provided by the product team as shown in the two references, and combine them. I did a simple compare and made one script that did not duplicate anything, but had all the elements of each. Then ran a test install.
This script still works for sfb 2015 on server 2016.
This script still works for sfb 2019 on server 2019.
Desktop-Experience no longer needed for either on server 2016 or higher.
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