ImportantIf you contact Microsoft Customer Support Services about a production system that does not meet the minimum hardware specifications described in this document, support will be limited until the system is upgraded to the minimum requirements. Hardware requirements: Location of physical serversSome enterprises have datacenters that are in close proximity to one another and connected by high-bandwidth fiber optic links.
In this environment, you can configure the two datacenters as a single farm. This distributed farm topology is called a stretched farm. Stretched farms for SharePoint Server 2016 are supported.For a stretched farm architecture to work as a supported high-availability solution, the following prerequisites must be met:.There is a highly consistent intra-farm latency of. ImportantSharePoint Server 2016 does not support single label domain names. For more information, see.The Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool can assist you in the installation of the software prerequisites for SharePoint Server 2016. Ensure that you have an Internet connection because some prerequisites are installed from the Internet. Minimum software requirements for SharePoint Server 2016This section provides minimum software requirements for each server in the farm.
Minimum requirements for a database server in a farmOne of the following:.The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1).Microsoft SQL Server 2016 RTM.Microsoft SQL Server 2017 RTM for Windows.Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) - For more information, see. NoteSQL Server Express is not supported. SQL Azure (the SaaS service) is also not supported for any SharePoint databases.One of the following server operating systems:.Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter.Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter.Windows Server 2019 Standard or DatacenterMinimum requirements for SharePoint servers in a farmOne of the following server operating systems:.Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter.Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter.Windows Server 2019 Standard or Datacenter.
NoteSharePoint Server 2016 supports Windows Server 2019 starting with the, also known as the November 2017 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016. NoteThe required software above will be supported when used by SharePoint via the SharePoint Product Lifecycle.Minimum requirements for client computers. A supported browser. For more information, see.Optional software supported in SharePoint Server 2016The optional software in this section is supported but is not required to install or use SharePoint Server 2016. This software might be required by capabilities such as business intelligence.