3. Installing the server

Server requirements and the three-command installation.

The full installation reference, including air-gapped details, unattended answer files and manual installation, is in DEPLOYMENT.md, delivered with the release. This chapter is the short version.

In this topic

  • 3.1 Requirements

    Important Install the server and the clients with the server’s DNS name , not its IP address. Certificates and add-in manifests carry this name; desktop Office cannot bypass a certificate name error.

  • 3.2 Install in three commands

    The installer asks six questions, each with a sensible default: