The webinar will include several demonstrations and discuss: The pros and cons of the different approaches to installing and configuring SharePoint 2010 Configuration Best Practices for SharePoint 2010 farms The Services Architecture; dependencies, licensing and topologies Information Architecture guidance for sizing, multilingual support, multi-tenancy, etc. Using tools such as SharePoint Composer & SharePoint Maestro to plan, document, install and configure a SharePoint 2010 deployment Avoiding common pitfalls

1. SharePoint 2010 Design & Deployment Best Practices Webinar Series By:

2. Speakers Gary Lapointe SharePoint MVP Sr. Architect & Lead Consultant Paul Papanek Stork SharePoint MVP & Author Sr. Architect & Lead Consultant MBA, MCT, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, MCITP, MCPD…

3. Agenda A sprinkling of demos throughout… Installation and Configuration Approaches New Services Architecture Information Architecture Considerations SharePoint Composer & SharePoint Maestro Best Practices/Avoiding Common Pitfalls Q&A

4. Installation and Configuration Point-and-Click Deployments SharePoint Configuration Wizard Farm Configuration Wizard LOTS of Central Admin Work Scripted Deployments PowerShell STSADM/PSConfig Object Model

5. SharePoint Configuration Wizard (SCW) Automatically launched UI for PSConfig Makes some assumptions Central Admin DB Name Central Admin installed on first server

6. Farm Configuration Wizard (FCW) Default Installation Path Makes assumptions similar to SCW DB Names Managed Service Accounts Application Pools Great for quick install Not best for Production Too many services Too many assumptions

7. Central Admin Configurations Provides complete control Very time consuming Can’t be replicated

8. Using Wizards and the Ribbon

9. Audience Survey What is your primary role in Design and Deployment of SharePoint 2010 at your organization? Decision Maker, Influencer or Sponsor Admin or Architect Analyst or End User Consultant

10. PowerShell Repeatable/Predictabledeployments Fine grained control ofall settings High level of complexity Extensible Lots of Community Support Script Repository: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter

11. STSADM/PSConfig Deprecated but still occasionally required Compared to PowerShell Less complex Less granular May be used inside PowerShell scripts Extensible Lots of Community Support

12. Object Model (OM) Some settings only available in the OM Two ways to use the OM PowerShell scripts Custom Applications Examples in the SharePoint Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint

13. Using Scripts and the Object Model

14. Service Applications Architecture Replaces Shared Service Providers (SSP’s) New deployment considerations What are the advantages over SSP’s? What does each Service App do? Which SharePoint edition do I need? Which Service Apps depend on others? How big do the databases normally get? Charts available after Webinar Service Apps per SharePoint Edition Service App Dependencies Service App Database planning considerations

15. Service Application Components Service Applications components Service Instance Service Machine Instance Service Application Endpoint Service Application Service Connection (aka Service App Proxy) Consumers

16. Information Architecture New Information Architecture Considerations Considerations Include (but not limited to): Sizing (Large List Support) Multilingual Sites and Variations Multi-Tenancy

17. Sizing Considerations Determine which Service Apps you need Evaluate using Remote Blob Storage in heavy ECM environments Avoid Content Databases over 200GB for Collaborative sites Review Case Studies similar to your environment Know your service level requirements Model your environment during planning

18. Multilingual UI Considerations MUI Provides a Simple Alternative to Variations (chrome only) Can easily bolt on afterwards with minimal to no impact, unlike Variations Central Admin is fully MUI aware! Content that is not resource file driven will still be in the source language Use Variations to support translations of non-resourced content Managed Metadata Terms can have Alternate Languages

19. Multi-Tenancy Considerations Multi-Tenancy Supports Hosted Scenarios Traditional Hosting and Charge-back Scenarios Multi-Tenancy Provides Isolation Data (including reporting and auditing) Customizations Usage (including features and charge-backs) Administration Site Subscriptions Associate Site Collections with Tenants Share Settings, Features, and Service Data Feature Packs Group Features for Tenants

20. Audience Survey Where is your organization on the SharePoint 2010 Design & Deployment curve? Already deploying SharePoint 2010 In the planning and design phase Will install/upgrade once SP2010 has been out awhile (e.g. after the first service pack) Unsure – need more information No plans to move to 2010 at this time

21. SharePoint Composer Visually Design 2007 & 2010 Farms Import & Document existing installations Validate Designs Prior to deployment Great Planning Tool Holistic view of SharePoint Enhances collaboration GreatAudit Tool Auditors, consultants, etc., can audit a farm config Best Practices Advice

22. Using SharePoint Composer

23. SharePoint Maestro Build a farm using the XML created by Composer Leverage the power of PowerShell without knowing PowerShell Repeatable build process (Dev, QA, Staging, Prod) Replaces SCW, FCW, and Point-and-Click configs Crawl existing 2007 farms

24. Using SharePoint Maestro

25. Common Pitfalls Underestimating the complexity of PowerShell TEST, TEST, TEST!!! Problems configuring some Service Apps with PowerShell User Profile Service Application Managed Metadata Service Application Order of execution & dependencies Using the Farm Configuration Wizard for Production Not all Site Templates support MUI Multi-Tenancy as an afterthought will result in migration issues & data loss

26. Best Practices Carefully design and document your SharePoint implementation Validate your design for adherence to best practices Start only the Service Applications you need Understand SharePoint’s boundaries and limits Boundaries – Absolute values not to exceed Thresholds/Limits – Configurable values Use PowerShell or SharePoint Composer and Maestro for large deployments Establish a performance baseline and maintain periodic performance measurements

27. Audience Survey What do you see as next steps? Assess& Document current SharePoint environment Design a SharePoint 2010 implementation Learn more about SharePoint 2010 Deploy SharePoint 2010

28. Resources and Q & A Assessment, Planning & Implementation Get the free community version of Composer Schedule a SharePoint GamePLAN engagement Contact us for guidance or assistance with SP2010 Learn more about SharePoint 2010 Next Webinar: Business Application Integration using SharePoint 2010’s Business Connectivity Services Online resources Gary Lapointe’s Blog: http://stsadm.blogspot.com Composer Site: http://www.SharePointComposer.com Contact Info@ShareSquared.com 800-445-1279 - Option 2