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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Deployment – Do’s and Don’ts
Russ Basiura
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What Contributes to a Chaotic Deployment
• Site Proliferation with no Plan
• Server Proliferation – IT doesn’t meet needs of dept.
• No Quotas, No Blocked File Types, No Policies
• Unreliable Service (No SLAs)
• No Communication
• No security audits or security policies (information leaks)
• No life cycle management or cleanup
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What Contributes to a Successful Deployment
• CXO sponsored strategy (stakeholder buy in)
• Well Communicated Strategy & Service Offering
• Consolidated Well Managed Server Farms
• Consistency, Standards, Branding, Usage Policies
• Security Policies and Enforcement, Information Management Policies
• Easy to use and powerful Search
• On Demand/Accessible Training and Support
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#1 Don’t : Site Proliferation
• Environments Grow Virally.
• Sites Topology Quickly Spins Out of Control
• Information Architecture is Unmanageable
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#2 Don’t : Server Proliferation
• More Servers / Farms increase the complexity
• Increased Support and Management
• Out of Control Physical Architecture
• Standardization becomes impossible
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#3 Don’t : No SLAs
• Unreliable Service (No SLAs)
• Memory leaks from bad untested, unsupported
code
• Unreliable support
• No strategy, No training
• Lack of Growth & Usage Reporting
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#4 Don’t : No Communication
• Employees Confused by Technology Selection
• Lack of Consistent Message
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#5 Don’t : No Security Plan
• No Security Audit
• Who is downloading?
• What is modified?
• Look at 3rd Party Utilities
• No Security Policies
• Individual Accounts at Top Levels
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#6 Don’t : No Lifecycle Management
• No Process for Managing Information
• Sites become stale over time
• No Archiving or Disposition
• Leads to Electronic Dumping Ground
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#1 Do : C-Sponsorship
• Find a Champion
• Get CxO Support for SharePoint Strategy
• Get Buy in from Business Stakeholders
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#2 Do : Communicate
• Define and Promote the Strategy
• Why SharePoint?
• Include Definitive Usage Modal
• Establish a Clear Service Offering
• Web Content Management
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#3 Do : Management
• Design a Consolidated Farm
• Backup, Restore, Disaster Recovery
• Content DB and Data Management
• Updates and Server Packs
• Shared Services
• Service Accounts and Password Changes
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#4 Do : Standards
• Implement Environmental Standards
• Design for Consistency across Sites
• Standardize Branding
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#5 Do : Security
• Define your Security Strategy
• How will it be implemented?
• How will it be enforced?
• Plan Information Architecture and Management
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#6 Do : Search
• Leverage Enterprise Search Capabilities
• Provide easy access to file stores
• NTFS Security
• Information Architecture Metadata
• Improves Result Relevancy
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#7 Do : Training
• Establish and Communicate the Training Plan
• Users / Information Workers’
• Designers / Powers Users
• Developers
• Administrators
• Leverage Online Training
• Live Meeting
• Podcasts
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