In SharePoint Prerequisite installer you Get ‘The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role’
Issue Summary
You try to run the SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites installation in Windows Server 2012 and before going to far, you get an error message saying ‘The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role’.
Cause
Really unexplained.. most likely bug.
Solution
This is surprisingly simple:
- Rename the file: c:\windows\system32\ServerManagement.exe TO ServerManagementCMD.exe
- Rerun the configuration prerequisite installer