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First published by Margriet Bruggeman (3MVP, Microsoft Partne)
When: 11 Feb 2013 1:43 AM
Last revision by Margriet Bruggeman (3MVP, Microsoft Partne)
When: 11 Feb 2013 1:52 AM
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SharePoint 2013 Best Practices for Installing a Dev Environment: General Tips for Making Windows Server 2012 Dev Friendly

Go back to Creating a Dev Environment

By default, Windows Server 2012 is not very dev friendly. I suggest some changes. At a high-level, do the following:

Rename the server to something short, easy to remember and easy to type. I usually go stellar with this, with names like moon, mars, and nova.
Enable Remote Desktop
Disable Windows firewall
Disable IE Enhanced Security
Configure Windows update
Configure time zone settings