Sharepoint 2016 Software and Hardware requirements

Scenario	Deployment type	Processor	RAM	Hard disk
Database server running a single SQL instance	Development	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80GB
Database server running a single SQL instance	QA/Production	64-bit, 4 cores	16-24 GB	80GB
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	Development	64-bit, 4 cores	12-16 GB	80GB
Web server or application server in a three-tier farm	QA/Production	64-bit, 4 cores	16-24 GB	80GB

Prerequisites for SharePoint 2016:

Below are the prerequisites required to install SharePoint 2016. Like SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 has a Prerequisite Installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe) which will install the required components.

- Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.

- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client

- Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server

- Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)

- Windows Server AppFabric 1.1

- Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763)

- Microsoft Identity Extensions

- Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client 

- Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0

- Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6

- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2

- Update for Microsoft .NET Framework to disable RC4 in Transport Layer Security (KB2898850)

- Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013

Operating System Requirement:

SharePoint Server 2016 will be supported on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server Technical Preview.

.Net Framework:

Windows Server 2012 R2: SharePoint 2016 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".

Database Requirements:

SharePoint Server 2016 requires SQL Server 2014 or SQL Server 2016.

Deployment Scenarios:

Below are the deployment Scenarios which are supported or not supported in SharePoint 2016:

Workgroup: Unsupported

Domain Controller: Developer Installation

Client OS: Unsupported

Dynamic Memory: Unsupported

Windows Web Server: Unsupported