SharePoint 2019 Setup – The tool was unable to install the Web Server (ISS) Role

By João Ferreira Jun 10, 2019 SharePoint 0 Comments

Getting an error when installing SharePoint On-Prem prerequisites is a common issue but it doesn’t mean that you will need to start the installation again from scratch.

Typically it happens when the server is not connected to the internet and the tool is not able to download everything that is required to accomplish the installation, so the first thing to do is to ensure that the server is connected to the web.

If the issue persists even when connected to the web you can use the Windows Server Media DVD or ISO file to install the prerequisites.

To accomplish the installation, do the following:

1. On the server open the PowerShell console
2. Execute the command lets below

Import-Module Servermanager

Install-WindowsFeature NET-HTTP-Activation,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Xps-Viewer -IncludeManagementTools -verbose - Source D:\sources\sxs

The value used by the last Source parameter is the location of the Windows Server Media disk, the letter to the drive might be different on your server.

3. The command execution should return a success message like the one below
4. Reboot the server
5. Install the prerequisites through the wizard and proceed with the instalation

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