Running the Initial Farm Configuration Wizard

After the Configuration Wizard has run, the newly provisioned SharePoint central web application will start automatically. You may need to provide credentials to the site; use the farm installation credentials to start the application.

By default, SharePoint is configured to run the Initial Farm Configuration Wizard upon the first time using the central admin web application. This wizard will complete all other farm tasks, including installing and configuring service applications. For simpler environments, this farm can be used to get SharePoint to a condition where it is more or less ready for use. For more complex provisioning scenarios, see Chapter 4.

Use the following steps to run the Initial ...

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