NLB for SharePoint 2013 farm ?

Hello All,
I have a very simple three-tier SharePoint 2013 farm which its architecture consists of: (1 DB Server, 1 Application Server, and 1 Web Front-End Server) which all are running on Windows Server 2008 R2.
I now need to add another (Second) Web Front End server.
Steps that I know:
A) Following the installation instructions on: (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261752(v=office.15).aspx), especially: Connect to a server farm page: Connect to an existing server farm.
B) Question-1: After completing the installation steps, Should I run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on the Application server (The server that hosts Central Administration)? Or, No need to do so?
After that, I will have 2 Web Front-End servers, and I will need to configure load balancing. I found some articles to set up load balancing on a SharePoint farm using the OOTB Windows Server network load balancing (NLB) feature.
Question-2: Is this adequate and powerful enough? Or, Do you recommend any other third NLB solutions (Reasonable price)?
Thank you !

You do not need to run the Config Wizard on the App server. Windows NLB isn't great. It doesn't know about service status (e.g. if IIS is up or not), but it will 'do the job' for a few hundred to low thousands of users. Load balancer appliances are not
necessarily cheap, but BigIP products are popular.
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09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              Leaving function CommandCollectionBase.Get
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              Found parameter upgradesessionid in collection
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF            Leaving function Command.this[string key]
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF            Releasing the farm upgrade lock in common exception handler.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF            Entering function TaskBase.OnTaskStop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              Creating the OnTaskStop event for task applicationcontent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 ERR              Task applicationcontent has failed
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              friendlyMessage for task applicationcontent is Er is een uitzondering van het type System.IO.InvalidDataException opgetreden. Aanvullende informatie
over de uitzondering: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of dit element is ongeldig.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              debugMessage for task applicationcontent is Er is een uitzondering van het type System.IO.InvalidDataException opgetreden. Aanvullende informatie
over de uitzondering: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of dit element is ongeldig.
System.IO.InvalidDataException: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of dit element is
ongeldig.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.CheckMergedActionsConfiguration(XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, Boolean createMergedActionsConfiguration)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              Entering function TaskBase.FireTaskStateChanged
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                Firing the OnTaskStateChanged event for task applicationcontent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                Entering function TaskDriver.TaskStateEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                    Resource id to be retrieved is ApplicationContentTaskDisplayName for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                    Resource retrieved id ApplicationContentTaskDisplayName is bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen installeren
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Received an TaskStateEventHandler event. task:applicationcontent TaskBase.State:stopped
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Entering function TasksQueue.IncrementTaskFailed
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                    Incremented the number of tasks failed to 1
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Leaving function TasksQueue.IncrementTaskFailed
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Task applicationcontent has stopped and failed. Total failed is now 1
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                Leaving function TaskDriver.TaskStateEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                Entering function CommandLine.TaskStateEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Received an TaskStateEventHandler event. task:applicationcontent TaskBase.State:stopped
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Task applicationcontent has stopped and failed. Total failed is now 1
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                    Resource id to be retrieved is ApplicationContentTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                    Resource retrieved id ApplicationContentTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel is Kan de bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen
niet installeren.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                  Last message from task applicationcontent is Er is een uitzondering van het type System.IO.InvalidDataException opgetreden.
Aanvullende informatie over de uitzondering: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of
dit element is ongeldig.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF                Leaving function CommandLine.TaskStateEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF              Leaving function TaskBase.FireTaskStateChanged
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF            Leaving function TaskBase.OnTaskStop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 9 INF          Leaving function TaskThread.ExecuteTask
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource id to be retrieved is ApplicationContentTaskDisplayName for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource retrieved id ApplicationContentTaskDisplayName is bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen installeren
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR          Task bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen installeren failed, so stopping execution of the engine
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource id to be retrieved is ApplicationContentTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource retrieved id ApplicationContentTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel is Kan de bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen niet installeren.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR          Kan de bestanden met inhoud voor toepassingen niet installeren.
Er is een uitzondering van het type System.IO.InvalidDataException opgetreden. Aanvullende informatie over de uitzondering: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft
geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of dit element is ongeldig.
System.IO.InvalidDataException: Het webconfiguratiebestand C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\config\WEBCONFIG.ACCSRV.XML heeft geen element configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='SharePoint'] of dit element is
ongeldig.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.CheckMergedActionsConfiguration(XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, Boolean createMergedActionsConfiguration)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function TaskDriver.NotifyTaskSummary
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource id to be retrieved is TotalTasksRan for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource retrieved id TotalTasksRan is Totaal aantal uitgevoerde configuratie-instellingen: {0}
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Sending a task driver notify event: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType: info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventMessageType: totalran, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType.notify,
message: Totaal aantal uitgevoerde configuratie-instellingen: 4
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Entering function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Entering function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                  Received a TaskDriverEventHandler: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType notify,
message Totaal aantal uitgevoerde configuratie-instellingen: 4
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Leaving function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Leaving function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource id to be retrieved is TotalTasksSucceeded for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource retrieved id TotalTasksSucceeded is Totaal aantal geslaagde configuratie-instellingen: {0}
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Sending a task driver notify event: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType: info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventMessageType: totalsuccess, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType.notify,
message: Totaal aantal geslaagde configuratie-instellingen: 3
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Entering function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Entering function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                  Received a TaskDriverEventHandler: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType notify,
message Totaal aantal geslaagde configuratie-instellingen: 3
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Leaving function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Leaving function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource id to be retrieved is TotalTasksFailed for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Resource retrieved id TotalTasksFailed is Totaal aantal mislukte configuratie-instellingen: {0}
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Sending a task driver notify event: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType: info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventMessageType: totalfail, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType.notify,
message: Totaal aantal mislukte configuratie-instellingen: 2
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Entering function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Entering function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                  Received a TaskDriverEventHandler: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType notify,
message Totaal aantal mislukte configuratie-instellingen: 2
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Leaving function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Leaving function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverNotify
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function TaskDriver.NotifyTaskSummary
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR          One or more configuration tasks has failed or some tasks were not run
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource id to be retrieved is PostSetupConfigurationStoppingSucceeded for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource retrieved id PostSetupConfigurationStoppingSucceeded is De configuratie van SharePoint-producten is gestopt.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverStopping
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Sending a task driver stopping event: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType.stopping, De configuratie van SharePoint-producten
is gestopt.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriverStateChange.Enter
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Acquiring the writer lock to change the state
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Current state of the task driver is neverrun. You want to change it to stoppingrun
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Changed state of the task driver to neverrun
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Released the writer lock to change the state
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriverStateChange.Enter
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Entering function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Received a TaskDriverEventHandler: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType info, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType stopping, message
De configuratie van SharePoint-producten is gestopt.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Leaving function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverStopping
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF        Leaving function TaskDriver.ExecuteTasks
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR        One or more configuration tasks has failed to execute
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF        Entering function TaskDriver.Stop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource id to be retrieved is PostSetupConfigurationFailedEventLog for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource retrieved id PostSetupConfigurationFailedEventLog is De configuratie van SharePoint-producten is mislukt. Voor een goede werking moet u de configuratie
opnieuw uitvoeren. Als u een juiste diagnose wilt stellen van dit probleem, kunt u de gedetailleerde foutinformatie op {0} raadplegen, het probleem oplossen en de configuratiewizard opnieuw uitvoeren.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR          De configuratie van SharePoint-producten is mislukt. Voor een goede werking moet u de configuratie opnieuw uitvoeren. Als u een juiste diagnose wilt stellen van dit
probleem, kunt u de gedetailleerde foutinformatie op C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_9_24_2014_19_4_25_376_763845942.log raadplegen, het probleem oplossen en de configuratiewizard opnieuw uitvoeren.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource id to be retrieved is PostSetupConfigurationFailedUserMessage for language Dutch (Netherlands)
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Resource retrieved id PostSetupConfigurationFailedUserMessage is De configuratie van SharePoint-producten is mislukt. U moet de configuratie opnieuw uitvoeren
voordat u de SharePoint-producten kunt gebruiken. Zie het diagnostisch logboek op {0} en het gebeurtenislogboek van de toepassing voor meer informatie.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Entering function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverStop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Sending a task driver stop event: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType error, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType.stop, De configuratie van SharePoint-producten
is mislukt. U moet de configuratie opnieuw uitvoeren voordat u de SharePoint-producten kunt gebruiken. Zie het diagnostisch logboek op C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_9_24_2014_19_4_25_376_763845942.log
en het gebeurtenislogboek van de toepassing voor meer informatie.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriverStateChange.Enter
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Acquiring the writer lock to change the state
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Current state of the task driver is neverrun. You want to change it to stoppedrunning
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Changed state of the task driver to neverrun
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Released the writer lock to change the state
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriverStateChange.Enter
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Entering function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Entering function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF                Received a TaskDriverEventHandler: TaskDriverEventArgs.EventCriticalityType error, TaskDriverEventArgs.EventType stop, message De
configuratie van SharePoint-producten is mislukt. U moet de configuratie opnieuw uitvoeren voordat u de SharePoint-producten kunt gebruiken. Zie het diagnostisch logboek op C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_9_24_2014_19_4_25_376_763845942.log
en het gebeurtenislogboek van de toepassing voor meer informatie.
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF              Leaving function CommandLine.TaskDriverEventHandler
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF            Leaving function TaskDriver.FireOnTaskDriverEvent
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF          Leaving function TaskDriver.OnTaskDriverStop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF        Leaving function TaskDriver.Stop
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF        UnLocking the task driver for exclusive use while we ran tasks
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF      Leaving function TaskDriver.Run
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 ERR      Post setup configuration was not run successfully when using the command line task driver module
09/24/2014 19:05:14 1 INF    Leaving function PsconfigCommandLineMain.Main
No idea what to do?

How many server licenses do I need for SharePoint 2013?

I am new to the concept of CAL. I am reading about it. I found this linkhttp://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/101914/how-many-server-licenses-do-i-need-for-sharepoint-2013
Suppose there are 2 users in the sharepoint farm. As per above link we requires 7/8 server license. So my question is do we requires 7/8 licences per user basis (2*7/8) or we requires 7/8 licences once only then we require 2 more licenses for 2 users (7/8 +2)?

The second option.
If you have 7 SharePoint servers then you need 7 SharePoint Server Licenses.
If you have two people in your company who can use SharePoint then you need two Client Access Licenses (7 server, 2 CAL).
If you had two hundred thousand users who could then you would need two hundred thousand CALs, but the number of server licenses would not change. (7 server, 200,000 CALs).

Deploying Project Server 2013 to an Existing SharePoint 2013 Farm

We recently deployed the following for our new SharePoint 2013 farm:
2 SQL server (alwaysOn config)
2 application servers
2 WFE
1 SQL for Dedicated Search
2 WFE for Dedicated Search
2 Applications Servers for Dedicated Search.
After purchasing a company that uses Project 2013 heavily we are now looking at deploying Project 2013 using our new 2013 SharePoint farm. My question is what is the recommended additional servers that would needed to be deployed to the existing farm?
Thanks,
Ric

Ric,
It really depends on what your current dataset is, and what the load on your SharePoint Server/Project Server. Technically, Project Server can just sit on top of your WFE and App Servers for SharePoint. You do not need a complete separate server group
for Project Server alone, unless there is a special reason to do so.
Cheers,
Prasanna Adavi, Project MVP
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Need to Setup Project Server in existing SharePoint 2013 farm

Hi
I have already SharePoint 2013 farm having 4-WFE Servers, 2-Application Servers, 3-dedicated Search Servers, 2-DB servers (Clustering enabled). Now I want to add one more App server having Project Server 2013 in this existing farm environment so Please
check the below steps. Please let me know If I am wrong in the approach.
Need to install PS 2013 on all the WFE, Applications and Search Servers.
Need to Run Sharepoint wizard on all the servers one by one. (Is it mandatory to run wizard on each server or should run only on application servers only)
The project Server service should run only on application servers.
Regards, Pankaj Waghmare - MCTS | Consultant

Hello,
Those steps are correct for high level :) One thing you might need to do is after installing Project Server on all the servers is apply the same CU / SP to Project Server as SharePoint (using the Project Server equivalent patch) so Project Server and SharePoint
are patched at the same level. I would do this after installing PS2013 and before you run the wizard on each server.
I would ensure you test this on a non prod farm first and ensure you have a roll back plan in place.
Paul
Paul Mather | Twitter |
http://pwmather.wordpress.com | CPS

PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 experience

Hi,
Does anybody have practical experience with PowerPivot for SharePoint (especially SharePoint 2013) to implement a self-service BI scenario in an on premise environment? Some questions that I’m particular interested in:
• What major problems did you experience during the actual implementation?
• Experience in connection to existing SQL Server Data Warehouses as a PowerPivot data source?
• Authentication of “SSAS server in SharePoint mode” to existing SharePoint 2013 farm
• Resource Load on existing SharePoint application and SQL Server, for example does it make sense to create a dedicated application server for the Excel /PowerPivot service application, for performance / future scalability reasons?
• Hardware suggestion for a dedicated “SSAS server in SharePoint mode” for a total of 1000 PowerPivot users
Thanks

Hi Ibmkahm2,
According to your description, you need to implement business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2013, right?
The business intelligence tools for SharePoint Server 2013 include Power View for SharePoint, SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services for SharePoint, Power Pivot for SharePoint, Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, and Visio Services. Here are some
useful links for you reference.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ldusolier/archive/2014/05/19/use-of-bi-capabilities-in-sharepoint-2013-with-sql-server-2012.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/jj219634.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
http://rajeshagadi.blogspot.com/2013/07/installing-powerpivot-for-sharepoint.html
Regards,
Charlie Liao
TechNet Community Support

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