SharePoint 2016 Preview Hardware and Software Requirements

Operating System Requirements

SharePoint Server 2016 Preview is supported on Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”.

Windows Server 2012 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2

Windows Server Technical Preview
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview

SharePoint Database Server Requirements

SharePoint Server 2016 Preview is supported SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2016. You can download evaluation copies of both database servers from the TechNet Evaluation Center.

SQL Server from the TechNet Evaluation Center at http://www. microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2014.

.NET Framework requirement

The required version of .NET Framework is different for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”.

Windows Server 2012 R2: SharePoint 16 requires .NET Framework 4.5.2
Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”: SharePoint 16 requires .NET Framework 4.6 Preview, which comes with Windows Server Technical Preview “Threshold”.

Starting January 13, 2016, .NET Framework 4.5.2 will be the minimum version of .NET Framework 4.x supported by Microsoft.
See the Microsoft .NET Framework Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/Framework_FAQ for more information.