As SharePoint systems become more mission critical in organizations large and small worldwide, Technical Directors and SharePoint Administrators alike are now faced with the important task to keep the these systems humming along all the time. In this session, Kenneth will go over considerations of planning, migrating, maintaining, and optimizing mission critical SharePoint systems. He will also share his lessons learned and industry best practices to preemptively and effectively address some of the common challenges encountered as a SharePoint guardian. The session will also include an overview and demonstration of how Metalogix Content Matrix can facilitate a smooth SharePoint migration.

1. Mission Possible
Keeping SharePoint Systems Humming Along
from Soup to Nuts
Kenneth Lo, PMP
San Francisco SharePoint Users Group
Sep 12, 2013
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Kenneth Lo, PMP
• 15+ Years in Consulting
• International Speaker
• Bay Area Start-Ups
• Fortune 500 & Federal Agencies
• @klopmp
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Kattelo Consulting
• San Francisco Company
• Cloud | SharePoint | Mobility
• http://kattelo.com
• @kattelo
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Audience
• IT Pros Track - 200
• Technical Managers
• System Administrators
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Agenda
• Planning
• Migration
• Optimization
• High Availability
• Live Demo
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6. Planning
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Infrastructure
• Cloud
• Hosted
• On-Premise
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Considerations
• Business Requirements
• Technical Requirements
• Resources
• Privacy
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Office 365
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Hybrid Cloud
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Hybrid Cloud
• Hybrid for SharePoint 2013
• http://klo.pm/15YAI5L
• Hybrid SharePoint 2013 &
Office 365
• http://klo.pm/15YyQKs
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12. Migration
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Common Sources
• File Shares
• SharePoint
• Legacy Systems
• Content Management Systems
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Approaches
• Database Attach
• Brute Force
• 3rd Party Software
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15. Case Study #1
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“The Cleaner”
• SharePoint 2007 to 2013
• Corporate Reorganization
• 2 TB Content
• Blogs, Wikis, Forms,Workflows
• WordPress
• Home Grown Web Sites
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Initial Approach
• Lift-Shift-Cleanse with
PowerShell
• File Size Limit
• Oudated Navigational Links
• 65% Success Rate
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Revised Approach
• Metalogix Content Matrix
• Cleansed
• Transformed
• Scripted
• Scheduled
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Content Matrix
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20. Optimization
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Under the Hood
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Common Issues
• Storage
• Database Maintenance
• Suboptimal Server Topology
• “Subpar” Performance
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23. Case Study #2
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“Dangling Disk”
• SharePoint 2007 to 2010
• 5,000 Users Worldwide
• 1.5 TB Content
• 1,000 Site Collections
• 1 Farm
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Approach
• Add Development Farm
• 5-Server Architecture
• 8 Site Collections
• Metalogix StoragePoint
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Drives Secured
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Benchmarks
• 75% Less Database Storage
• 70% Quicker Backup
• 45-60% Quicker Access
• Flexibility to Cloud Later
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28. High Availability
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Upkeep
• Service Packs
• Cumulative Updates
• Windows Updates
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30. Case Study #3
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“Coast-to-Coast”
• “New” SharePoint 2010
• Data Center in San Francisco
• 2nd Data Center in New Jersey
• Real-Time Inventory Data
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Initial Approach
• Database Clustering in SF
• Log Shipping to NJ Data Center
• 24-Hour Lag
• Outage During Logs Restore
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Revised Approach
• Metalogix Replicator
• Rules-Based, Real-Time
Replication
• DNS to Control Traffic
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Metalogix Replicator
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35. Live Demo
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36. Best Practices
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Best Practices
• Match Infrastructure with
Needs & Resources
• “Splurge” on Hardware Upfront
• Virtualize if Possible
• Scale Up & Out Before You Must
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Best Practices
• Monitor Log Sizes
• Tend to Database Servers
• Offload Large Files to File
Servers
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Best Practices
• Respect Murphy’s Law
• Test Backup & Restore
Strategies
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Resources
Kattelo Presentations
http://kattelo.com/resources
Metalogix
http://metalogix.com
CIO.com - Overcoming SharePoint
Performance Headaches
http://klo.pm/19MftHv
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Thank You
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