See notes for links to resources.

1. SharePoint Administration
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

2. About Wahid
• Senior Consultant at Microsoft
• Working with SharePoint since 2005 (SPS 2003)
• Certifications include MCITP: SharePoint Server 2010, CCNA,
Security+
• SharePoint Admin for 5 years before consulting.
• US Army veteran (6 yrs); worked with DoD, Financial, Media
companies as a consultant.
• Co-founder San Fernando Valley SPUG
• Co-chair SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles
Blog: http://www.wahidsaleemi.com
Twitter: @wahidsaleemi

3. About Nedra
• Working with SharePoint since 2006, MCTS
• Worked with the Department of Defense, the aerospace
and biotech industry, entertainment and non-profit
organization
• User Advocate
• Presently is the Senior Technical Consultant at Perficient
• Co-Chair of SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles
• Co-Founder of the San Fernando Valley SPUG
• Western Regional Representative of Women in SharePoint
• Twitter @NedraAllmond

4. Abstract
The job of a SharePoint Administrator is one of the most
demanding. You need to take care of the infrastructure;
you need to make sure the SharePoint Farm is operating
smoothly; you are expected to make improvements in
reliability, features, and create enhancements for
business users. All this, while being the helpdesk for
anything related to SharePoint. In this session, we’ll talk
about how best to handle all of that. We explore some
best practices around SharePoint infrastructure, site
architecture, permissions management as well as on-
going maintenance. Whether you have a large budget
(anyone?) or no budget, we’ll propose solutions to help
make you a more efficient administrator.

5. Topics

6. Training
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

7. Training
Be Proactive
Conduct On-going Training
Build A Support Team
Use Tools
Productivity Hub SP1
SharePoint Adoption Kit
Some Tips
Quick Reference Cards
Bite-size Videos or User Group

8. Information Lifecycle
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

9. Information Lifecycle
Example: How MSIT does it - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305231.aspx

10. Backups
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

11. Backups
Define your restore Out of the box
Backup-SPFarm
strategy first! File system backups
How much data loss (RPO)? (14 hive, web.config, ULS)
How long to restore (RTO)? IIS Metabase
Consider 3rd party Best Free
tools first Backup Tool
Microsoft DPM SPFarmBackup (CodePlex)
Symantec BackupExec
Integrated Suites (AvePoint)

12. Demo: Doc Retention & Backups
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

13. SQL Settings
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

14. SQL Settings
Maintenance Plans Server
** Run during off-
Settings
peak times! MAXDOP to 1
MAXMEM to ~ 80%
TempDB
Recovery: Simple
Optimize for
Performance
External Maintenance Content DBs
DB Fragmentation (3 Health Analyzer Rules) Recovery: Full
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (use rarely) Change Auto-growth

15. Windows Services
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

16. Windows Services
SQL Server Important SharePoint
SQL Server (INSTANCE) W3SVC
SQL Server Agent (INSTANCE) C2WTS
SPTimerV4
Configuration
SQL Server Configuration Configuration
Manager Manage Services on Server
Use service accounts Configure Service Accounts
Other SQL Services Don’t Touch!
SSAS; SSIS; SSRS FIMService
SQL Server Browser FIMSynchronizationService

17. Demo: SQL Settings & Windows
Services
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

18. File System Objects
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

19. File System Objects
“14 hive” (master pages, features, site definitions, etc.):
Is the path: C:Program FilesCommon filesMicrosoft
SharedWeb Server Extensions14
Logs: This directory contains setup and run-time tracing logs.

20. Permissions
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

21. Permissions
Pick your strategy and stick with it.
SharePoint
AD Groups Mixed Groups
(more administrative (most common (give users more
overhead) strategy) control)
Tools
CodePlex: SP Permissions Manager
Axceler: ControlPoint
Quest: Site Administrator

22. Monitoring
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

23. Monitoring
Be Proactive
“Just Do it.” Monitoring can prevent problems from snowballing.
Use Tools
Several commercial products available from Microsoft, Quest, BMC and
others.
If you don’t have the budget, use a mix of tools (low cost or free), such as
Idera Performance Monitor and Polymon (see notes section for links)
Automate
You can configure Windows Services to run a script on failure. Write your
own PowerShell script to alert you on failure.

24. Search
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

25. Search
For when you’re also the Search
Administrator
Problems Solutions
Can’t find it Best bets
Too many results Metadata (Refiners)
Takes too long to check result Preview (Surfray, BA-Insight)
No results Check permissions (svc & user)
Unexpected results Debug using ULS & raw XML
Search sucks Enhancements
Can’t find some doc types Install iFilters (PDF, AutoCAD)
Can’t search specific system Add Custom Scopes (people)

26. Automation
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

27. Automation
 Use it for common tasks.
 Create reusable scripts
 Use to record changes like in
web.config.
 Use for bulk operations

28. Demo: PowerShell
Best Practices and Tips from the Field

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