Install ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 on Server 2012 and SQL 2012 SP1

Last month I installed a new lab environment with new components: ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 SP1. All Configuration will be mentioned in this blogpost. Here we go!
 
In my setup I'm using 2 VM's: 1 Domain Controller (VDC01) with 2GB memory and 1 SQL/ConfigMgr server (VCM01) with 8GB memory. Let's start with the Domain Controller first.
 
- Install Windows Server 2012 (5 minutes on SSD);
- Change computer name to VDC01 and restart;
- Add static IP-address (192.168.137.x) to the network-adapter;
- Add Roles with PowerShell cmdlets (Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services,DNS,RSAT);
- Add Features with PowerShell cmdlets (Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core -Source D:\Sources\SxS);
- Promote to Domain Controller in Server Manager (Add a new forest);
- Choose Contoso.com as Root domain name (for example) and use default settings in the wizard. Only warnings are displayed in the Prerequisites check, so choose Install after read them;
- After restart login with a Domain Administrator account. Disable Windows Firewall and IE ESC for all profiles/accounts;
- Create 2 service accounts for SQL (SVC_SQL) as Domain User and SCCM (SVC_SCCM) as Domain Admin.

Let's start with the ConfigMgr server now!

- Install Windows Server 2012 (5 minutes on SSD);
- Change computer name to VCM01 and restart;
- Add static IP-address (192.168.137.x) to the network-adapter;
- Add Roles with PowerShell cmdlets (Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server, WDS, RDC, BITS);
- Add Role Services with PowerShell cmdlets (Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-WMI); 
- Add Features with PowerShell cmdlets (Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core -Source D:\Sources\SxS);
- Promote to Domain Server in Server Manager (Contoso.com);
- After restart login with Domain Administrator account. Disable Windows Firewall and IE ESC for all profiles/accounts.

- Install SQL Server 2012 SP1 and make sure the collation is set to "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS";
- Choose: Database Engine Services, Full-Text search, Reporting Services and Management Tools (2x);
- Choose default settings where possible and start installation;
- Configure SQL Server and SQL Server Agent to run with the SVC_SQL account (SQL Server Configuration Manager);
- Configure Reporting Services to run with the SVC_SQL account (Reporting Services Configuration Manager).

- Add WSUS with PowerShell cmdlets for SQL database (Install-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices-DB, UpdateServices-Ui);
- Start C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\WsusUtil.exe Postinstall SQL_INSTANCE_NAME=VCM01 CONTENT_DIR=C:\WSUS.
 
- Start Extadsch.exe on VDC01 from ConfigMgr media for a schema update (D:\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64);
- Create a System Management container (beneath System) with ADSIEdit at set permissions for VCM01 (Full control, This object and all descendant objects);
- Install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) on VCM01 (Deployment tools, Windows PE, USMT);
- Assign maximum server memory (4096 MB) in SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server properties.

At last ConfigMgr installation can be started!
 
- Install a Configuration Manager primary site;
- Enter License key or start an evaluation version (180 days);
- Download required files or Use previously downloaded files;
- Choose Server and Client languages (english default);
- Choose a Site code and Site name for the ConfigMgr environment;
- Install the primary site as a stand-alone site;
- Choose SQL Server and SMS Provider location;
- Configure the communication method on each site system role;
- Install a Management point and Distribution point (HTTP);
- Watch the prerequisite check, which shows only a "SQL Server process memory allocation" warning in my environment;
- Installation is done in 12 minutes on SSD.

Above steps can be done in just one day. After that a new lab environment is running with new components: ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 SP1. Have fun!