SharePoint Server 2016 Virtual Machine Download (Hyper-V)

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**  UPDATED TO LATEST 2018 CU & REFRESHED THE TRIAL PERIOD!!  **

I guess everyone who has downloaded SharePoint 2013 VM from the following link: SharePoint 2013 VM is familiar with most of the steps needed to run the image on your machine. It has been a while since the introduction of the previous version of SharePoint, and hence I have been thinking it is the time to create a new one so everyone could benefit from it. Following are the details of this new evaluation VM and how to download it:

  1. The VM was created using the latest Hyper-V Microsoft vitalization software.
  2. It consists of only 1 hard drives.
  3. The VM has 8GB of RAM allocated to it by default, and also it is pre-configured with 8 virtual processors, you will have to adjust these settings according to your HW specs. 8 GB of RAM is the minimum required and 16 GB is what I will recommend for this VM. It’s Preferable is to run the VM on SSD.
  4. It was created using the 180 day evaluation versions Windows Server 2016 Standard Ed., SQL Server 2016 (see below) and the SharePoint 2016 Trial license.
  5. It consists of only 1 hard drives, and other supporting files.
  6. It has the SP2K16DEV.local as the Active Directory domain.
  7. Once you fire up the VM, you’ll have to provide credentials to login to the VM, using the following domain account: “SP2K16DEV.local\SP2K16”. Please find the the password in the attached ReadMe.txt file accompanying the downloads. P.S The same account has been used to install SharePoint 2016, SQL Server 2016 and should be used to access central admin. There is only one account on the VM and the password is part of the ReadMe file accompanying the downloads. PLEASE BE CAREFUL, AS THIS IS A DOMAIN ADMIN ACCOUNT! THIS MACHINE CAN BE USED AS A LAB/DEV ENVIRONMENT ONLY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IT CAN BE USED IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT!
  8. The Central Admin site address is: http://sp2k16:10000/

All the files, including the ReadMe.txt are accessible at the following links (all links are interchangeable, you can download various parts from any of the locations):  

Mega.co.nz:  https://pastebin.com/YuYBJ5g4

OneDrive:  https://pastebin.com/vFQixg7Q

Google Drive:  https://pastebin.com/xeyb7qCr (may require additional permission, better use others)

All links are INTERCHANGEABLE!

To download the files, you can go with either of the following options:

  1. Download the files directly by using the browser “Save target as…” functionality (not really recommended and should be used if for some odd reason #1 does not work for you) OR
  2. There might be some download managers as well that might allow you to specify a google drive URL and download all files from their but I am not aware of any at the moment
  3.  It is better to download each file separately, as cloud drives auto-archives them if you choose to download all files at once, and the download speed drops significantly.

Instructions for extracting the VM: You will need to download all the archive files to your machine and unpack the virtual image to a desired directory (preferably a SSD drive, otherwise performance may be suffering).

Hope you will find the VM useful. If you did, it will be great if you can leave a comment below. Please share any feedback that you may have! Happy SharePointing! 🙂

49 thoughts on “SharePoint Server 2016 Virtual Machine Download (Hyper-V)”

    1. You’re welcome.
      Why do you need an exe file? You can simply extract the RAR files ensemble (using Winrar or other un-archiving app that supports the RAR archive types).

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    1. I had the same problem. To fix it you need to open IIS Manager and go to the application pools. You’ll see 5 application pools using the identity SP2K16DEV\SP2K16 you’ll need to update the password for each to the new password you used. You can do that by clicking each application pool and in the advanced settings in the Identity property by clicking the […] button. You’ll have to reenter “SP2K16DEV\SP2K16” then your new password. Hope this helps

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  18. Hi Deman82,

    First of all, congratulations for your excellent work. One thank you also to share it, it will a lot make save time.

    I downloaded the 4 files, today in October 26rd, 2017. I installed everything and it works. On the other hand, 180 days of trial version will come to an end when!

    Thank you in advance, if you can specify me this information.

    Best looks.

    Sinclair.

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    1. Hi,
      You can simply run the virtual machine in an isolated vmnet (not connected to internet), then you shouldn’t face any problems. Also, there is a rearm option, please read the article, it is mentioned there.

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  21. Hi Deman82,

    Looking Managed Paths in the Central Administration, you ‘ve already created the managed paths my and my/personal. Did you try to configure My Sites ?

    (root) Explicit inclusion
    sites Wildcard inclusion
    my Explicit inclusion
    my/personal Wildcard inclusion

    Best regards.

    Sinclair

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  22. Hi deman82,

    I tried to activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure

    Site settings
    Site Collections features
    SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
    Provides centralized libraries, content types, master pages and page layouts and enables page scheduling and other publishing functionality for a site collection.

    Activate

    Working on it…

    After a few minutes I got the following message

    http://sp2k16/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/_layouts/15/ManageFeatures.aspx?Scope=Site

    The trial period for this product has expired.
    Technical Details

    let me know how to activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure

    Best regards.

    Sinclair

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    1. Hi Juste,
      I’ve tried to activate another feature (“Cross-Site Collection Publishing”), and it worked fine (“SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure” has already been activated).
      P.S Please download the latest refresh I’ve just uploaded.

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  23. Hi Deman82,

    Server Manager
    Manage
    Add Roles and Features Wizard
    Select Server roles
    Server Roles
    DHCP Server is not selected

    Server Manager
    Local Server

    Properties
    For sp2k16

    I found these two lines

    Ethernet0 –> 192.168.1.50, IPV6 enables
    Ethernet1 –> ipv4 adress assigned by DHCP, Ipv6 enabled

    I execute the command ipconfig /All and I got the following:

    **
    C:\Users\SP2K16>ipconfig /all

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SP2K16
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : SP2K16DEV.local
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : SP2K16DEV.local
    localdomain

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet0:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-B3-06-6C
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7918:86a7:a1c2:341%3(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.50(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.81.2
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 50334761
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-21-10-CB-0D-00-0C-29-B3-06-6C
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
    127.0.0.1
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet1:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection #2
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-B3-06-76
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::70fa:66c8:2b92:3c89%8(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.139(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : jeudi, 9 novembre 2017 18:01:59
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : jeudi, 9 novembre 2017 18:31:59
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.2
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.254
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 167775273
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-21-10-CB-0D-00-0C-29-B3-06-6C
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.2
    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.2
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{124E474A-4195-424E-80BE-B725E0AE68A2}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    C:\Users\SP2K16>*

    ***

    Let me know how you built the DHCP server with the IP Address 192.168.137.254

    Thank you for your promptness.

    Best regards.

    Sinclair

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  24. Hi Deman82,

    In the DNS Manager you created two lines

    DNS Manager

    DNS

    SP2K16.SP2k

    K6DEV.local

    SP2K16DEV.local

    Name Type Data Timestamp

    sp2k16 192.168.1.50 Host (A) static

    sp2k16 192.168.137.139 Host (A) static

    Let me know why you

    Thank you for your promptness.

    Best regards.

    Sinclair.

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    1. Thank you for the work you had creating the VM. Unfortunately I get an Access Denied page when I try to create a new Web Application with the System Account?! Any guess? So far only the Central Administration is running in the latest version…

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  26. Hi Diman,

    When I tried to extract latest files which downloaded form One Drive I am getting below error.

    “Winzip was able to extract only part of the file”

    Can you upload it again.

    Thanks in advance.

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      1. Hi,

        Do you know the username and password to connect to SQLserver using SQL management studio?

        While creating application, we need to use SQL authentication for database instead of windows authentication. For that we need to know who are all the users existing in database already?

        We tried connecting using windows authentication for sp2k16 user and tried all the possible combinations like windows integrated, active directory authentication etc. but none of them worked.

        Your help on this is much appreciated.

        Thanks,

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  28. There is ONE administrative user & password, and it’s provided in the attached text file.
    THIS IS A AD DOMAIN ADMIN credentials, so it’s absolutely NOT suitable as a production setup.

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    1. Thanks for the great work!
      I’ve installed 2019 but would also like to have the 2016 version.
      Unfortunattely when I unzip the files, there’s an error and I can’t use it.
      I used the downloads from onedrive.

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