Preface
This Quick Start Guide will take you through the basic steps required for installation and configuration of Quest® ControlPoint, a Web-based application that offers a proactive, integrated solution for SharePoint administration, security, and governance. Once you have completed all the steps in this guide, you will be able to evaluate the product with the use of our ControlPoint Evaluation Guide.
NOTE: This guide applies specifically to the installation of ControlPoint for SharePoint on premises farms. If you are installing ControlPoint to manage SharePoint Online in an Microsoft 365 tenant environment, refer to the ControlPoint for Microsoft 365 Installation Guide.
System Requirements
Server Requirements
The server requirements depend on your version of SharePoint, as described in the following table.
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SharePoint Version |
Requirements |
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SharePoint Server Subscription Edition |
·Windows Server 2019 or 2022, with: §IIS activated AND §the Server Role IIS 6 Management Compatibility enabled. ·If SharePoint is not installed on the same server as ControlPoint Online, IIS must be configured to allow the ControlPoint Online Configuration Site to run on the server. See Appendix: Configuring IIS if SharePoint is not Installed for details. ·SharePoint Subscription Edition web front-end ·SQL Server 2019 or 2022 ·.NET framework version 4.8 (for use by the installer), in addition to the .NET version required for SharePoint. |
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SharePoint 2019 |
·Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022 with: §IIS activated AND §the Server Role IIS 6 Management Compatibility enabled. ·SharePoint 2019 web front-end. ·Microsoft SQL Server: SQL Server 2016, 2019, or 2022 NOTE: ControlPoint can use the same SQL Server instance as SharePoint, but it can also use a separate instance or separate server. ·.NET framework version 4.8 (for use by the installer), in addition to the .NET version required for SharePoint. |
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SharePoint 2016 |
·Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) or 2016 with IIS activated. ·SharePoint 2016 web front-end. NOTE: To run ControlPoint Activity analyses in a SharePoint 2016 Server environment, SharePoint Usage must be enabled. ·Microsoft SQL Server: SQL Server 2014 SP1 (64 bit) or 2016 NOTE: ControlPoint can use the sam e SQL Server instance as SharePoint, but it can also use a separate instance or separate server. ·.NET framework version 4.8 (for use by the installer), in addition to the .NET version required for SharePoint. |
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SharePoint 2013 |
·Windows Server 2012 (64-bit), with IIS activated. ·SharePoint 2013 (Foundation or Server) web front-end. NOTE: To run ControlPoint Activity analyses in a SharePoint 2013 Server environment, SharePoint Usage must be enabled. ·Microsoft SQL Server: SQL 2012, or 2014 NOTE: ControlPoint can use the same SQL Server instance as SharePoint, but it can also use a separate instance or separate server. ·.NET framework version 4.8 (for use by the installer), in addition to the .NET version required for SharePoint. |
Installation and Service Account Requirements
·The account used to install ControlPoint:
§must be a member of the local Administrator's group on the machine where it is installed
§must be a Farm Administrator, and
§should be added to the security server role sysadmin in:
§the SQL server(s) used for SharePoint content databases, and
§the SQL server used for the ControlPoint Services (xcAdmin) database.
·The account that will be used to run ControlPoint (that is the Service Account of the Web Application that hosts the ControlPoint Configuration Site) must be:
§a member of the local Administrator's group on all of the Web front-end machines in the farm.
§a Farm Administrator.
§a domain account if any database resides on a different server(s) from the server on which you will be installing ControlPoint.
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IMPORTANT NOTES: ·The account used to install ControlPoint and the ControlPoint Service Account must both be either local or domain accounts. This is necessary to enable the installer to verify the existence of the Service account. If the server on which you are installing ControlPoint is not your database server (that is, your databases reside on a different server), then the Service Account must be a domain account. ·In accordance with SharePoint Best Practices, the ControlPoint Service Account should not be the SharePoint Farm Account (that is, the account used to run Central Administration), as the performance of some ControlPoint operations may be negatively impacted. ·If you will be configuring ControlPoint Discovery and/or SCM Services, the Service Account must meet all of the requirements of the ControlPoint Service Account, as well as permission to Log on as a Service. |