Inside the mind of a SharePoint Solutions Architect
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On any SharePoint project, the core of the solution being built should be designed and architected first before being developed. With the flexibility of SharePoint solutions (specifically SharePoint 2013), there is never one way to design it right. The experienced SharePoint Architect however is able to figure out the best way for the project, constraints and client at hand. This session is meant to give insight to the average SharePoint Professional on what it takes to become and be a SharePoint Architect. It will help guide the aspiring SharePoint Architect on the items that really need to be thought of when designing a SharePoint solution for your client and at the same time divulge some tricks of the trade learned from the countless enterprise SharePoint solutions I have successfully implemented over the years.
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Inside the mind of a SharePoint Solutions Architect
- 2. Speaker Bio twitter: @nkhamis blog: Rez’s SharePoint Blog Spot - http://www.khamis.net
- 3. So what’s this session about anyways? Disclaimer
- 5. Agenda
- 7. Understand the breadth of SharePoint
- 8. Experience and practice means a lot
- 10. Communication skills are necessary
- 11. Know yourself
- 12. SharePoint 2013
- 13. Looks like small changes at first glance
- 14. Hardware Requirements (Web servers) Memory Processor Disk Single Server Foundation (Integrated or Standalone Database) 8 GB x64 1x4 cores 80 GB (OS) Single Server (Integrated or Standalone Database) *Development Environment/Evaluation 10 GB* 24 GB *Min services for Dev x64 1x4 cores 80 GB (OS) Web / Application Servers *Pilot, Production, Servers in a Farm 12 GB x64 1x4 cores 80 GB (OS) Want a full list? Go to my blog post: http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/267/SharePoint-2013---Hardware-and-Software-Requirements-and-Prerequisites
- 15. Hardware Requirements (DB servers) Memory Processor Disk Small Deployments (< 1,000 users) 8 GB x64 1x4 cores 80 GB (OS) Medium Deployments (< 10,000 users) 16 GB x64 1x8 cores 80 GB (OS) Large Deployments (> 10,000 users) Depends on Size Depends on Size 80 GB (OS) Want a full list? Go to my blog post: http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/267/SharePoint-2013---Hardware-and-Software-Requirements-and-Prerequisites
- 16. Software Requirements Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx
- 17. Deployment Requirements SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2010 Workgroup Unsupported Supported Domain Controller Only for Developer Installation Supported for SBS Client OS Unsupported Developer Installation Dynamic Memory in VMs Unsupported Unsupported Windows Web Server Unsupported Supported Source: SPC 2012
- 18. Browser Support Client Computer Browser Support SP 2010 SP 2013 Internet Explorer 10/11 32-bit Supported Supported Internet Explorer 10/11 64-bit Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Internet Explorer 9 32-bit Supported Supported Internet Explorer 9 64-bit Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Internet Explorer 8 32-bit Supported Supported Internet Explorer 8 64-bit Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Internet Explorer 7 32-bit Supported Not supported Internet Explorer 7 64-bit Supported with Limitations Not supported Internet Explorer 6 Not supported Not supported Google Chrome (latest released version) Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Mozilla Firefox (latest released version) Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Apple Safari (latest released version) Supported with Limitations Supported with Limitations Want a full list? Go to my blog post: http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/268/SharePoint-2013-Browser-Support-Matrix
- 19. Office Web Applications Want more information? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee855124.aspx
- 20. FAST now built into SharePoint Server 2013!
- 21. Many other Architecture Improvements……
- 23. Understand your client before doing anything….
- 24. At the top of mind for any SharePoint Architect Why? Flexibility, Boundaries & Limitations
- 25. Boundaries and Limitations More Info: http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/260/S harePoint-2010-vs--SharePoint-2013- Boundaries-and-Limits-Comparison Limit Name SharePoint 2010 Maximum Value SharePoint 2013 Maximum Value Web application limits Web application Not Published 20 per farm Content database 300 per Web application 500 per Web application Zone 5 per Web application 5 per Web application Managed path 20 per Web application 20 per Web application Solution cache size 300 MB per Web application 300 MB per Web application Site collection (sites and sub-sites) 250,000 per Web application 250,000 per Web application Web server and application server limits Application pools 10 per Web server 10 per Web server Content database limits Number of content databases 300 per Web application 500 per farm Content database size (general usage scenarios) 200 GB per content database 200 GB per content database Content database size (all usage scenarios) 4 TB per content database 4 TB per content database Content database size (document archive scenario) No explicit content database limit No explicit content database limit Content database items 60 million items including documents and list items 60 million items including documents and list items Site collections per content database 2,000 recommended 5,000 maximum 5,000 recommended 10,000 maximum
- 26. How SharePoint 2013 can help with scaling
- 28. SDLC and ALM Planning and System Setup
- 30. Office 365 vs On-Premises
- 32. App Model vs Traditional – Choose wisely Farm Solutions • Full trust solutions • Access to file systems • Classic model from 2007 • Deploy to the GAC • Access to the 14 Hive • DLL’s and .NET Managed Code Sandbox Solutions • Declarative elements • Partially trusted code with limited API support • DLL’s and .NET Managed Code • No access to server Apps • New Apps model • Deployed from corporate catalog or office market place • Manage permission and licenses specifically • Preferred option • No server code! ---------------- Solutions Model -------------------- ------ App Model ------ Provider Hosted Auto Hosted SharePoint Hosted X
- 33. Why did Microsoft go down the “App Route”?
- 34. Extensive CSOM and REST API Coverage And more..BCS AnalyticsWorkflow eDiscoveryPublishing TaxonomySocial Sharing Search
- 35. External Access for Extranet and Internet Sites http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC333 Want more information? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263513(v=office.14).aspx
- 36. Source SPC14 Wictor Wilen session: http://www.wictorwilen.se/
- 38. Security concepts Want more information? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh377941(v=office.15).aspx
- 39. Understand capabilities and benefits of Claims
- 42. Virtual Machine and SQL Server Optimization Want more information? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh292622(v=office.15).aspx
- 43. Services running in multi-server environment http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=37001 http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=30367
- 44. Querying methods in SharePoint 2013
- 46. Code Analysis
- 48. Consider Host Named Site Collections
- 49. Folders vs Metadata Advantages of folders Disadvantages of folders Segregation Harder to find specific items/more clicks Permissions URL length increased Default metadata Hard to navigate through folder levels Easily transitioning from file shares Folder metadata lacking Scaling Can lose a document in wrong folder Windows Explorer friendly No breadcrumb Play nice with document sets Tricky to iterate through Easier to migrate Filtering and sorting drawbacks
- 50. Versioning
- 52. PowerShell is your friend – Learn it! http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/
- 53. Highly Available and Disaster Recovery Environments
- 54. Consider Remote Blob Storage for your deployment
- 56. Consider Add-ons
- 57. www.khamis.net
Editor's Notes
- Questions that are not directly related will be discussed offline Turn cellphones off Q+A will be at the end
- http://veroniquepalmer.com/2014/03/25/sharepoint-people-let-us-not-forget-why-we-are-here/
- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16166.sharepoint-2013-using-folders.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17997.sharepoint-2013-lookup-or-taxonomy-managed-metadata-column.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262813(v=office.14).aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/267/SharePoint-2013---Hardware-and-Software-Requirements-and-Prerequisites
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/267/SharePoint-2013---Hardware-and-Software-Requirements-and-Prerequisites
- Provides support for Windows PowerShell 3.0 .NET Framework 4.5 Provides in memory distributed caching Provides support for information protection Enables the creation & consumption of OData services
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526(v=office.15).aspx http://www.khamis.net/Blog/Post/268/SharePoint-2013-Browser-Support-Matrix
- Minimal Download Strategy Downloads delta between page requests Implements a download manager interfacing between controls/content placeholders on page and server to determine what content requires update Request Management Prioritizes and routes incoming requests Route requests to Web servers that have good health characteristics Identify and block known bad requests Prioritize requests by throttling lower-priority requests (such as services that run in the background) and serving higher priority requests (such as end user requests) Route requests of specific types (such as search) to specific servers in the farm Cache Service New distributed cache service based on Windows Server AppFabric Distributed Caching Shredded Storage Files shredded and stored in SQL Server Updated bits are mapped to shredded BLOBs Mitigates request and update roundtrips to WFE(s) Deferred Site Collection Upgrades Separation of schema and site collection upgrade Schema is upgraded to SharePoint 2013 and run with SharePoint 2010 features and visuals Enables existing SharePoint 2010 site collections to work unchanged in SharePoint 2013 Site Collection Health Checks Exposed to Site Collection Administrators (cmdlets for Farm Administrators) Identifies common known issues Missing Features and Templates Helps address post-upgrade issues:I.e. (Un-ghosted files) Evaluation Site Collections Allows Site Collection Administrators to preview SharePoint 2013 w/o upgrading production Site Collection Enabled through a copy of production Site Collection Analytics based on Search Find relevant information (improve search relevance) – based on views, click thru, etc. See what others are looking at (“hot” indicators and usage numbers – i.e. what’s popular based on # of views as well as # of unique users to view) Understand how much content is being used (i.e. viewed) and how it compares to other documents See discussion thread usage and find the hot topics Use this popularity info to populate views through the Content by Search (CBS) WebPart
- Large collections of Records require careful planning on numbers and locations of content databases, site collections, sites and document libraries in relation to the file plan
- SharePoint now supports multiple index servers Content index can now be divided into multiple index partitions. Each index server can be configured to run multiple crawlers. Multiple crawlers can crawl content in parallel Index servers are now stateless. The crawlers build the content index and propagate directly to the query servers. multiple query servers benefits of redundancy and parallel performance can be made available crawl management and property store data tables have been split into separate databases and multiple tables of this kind can be configured. Remote Blob Storage: As of SP2007 SP1, it was possible to take advantage of an External BLOB Storage (EBS) API to get the BLOBs out of SQL Server. The method was not transactionally consistent and it results in a high number of orphaned BLOBs in the BLOB store because new BLOBs are stored (not replaced) when a document is updated. New Remote Blob Storage features of SharePoint 2010 provide: 1. Transactional consistency: this ensures that when we get a BLOB ID back from the RBS provider, we are guaranteed storage. It also allows for traditional update capabilities. 2. Transactional consistency also allows Write Once Read Many (WORM) mode devices to "VETO" a delete or modify operation. If external vendors such as EMC choose to write an RBS provider for their devices, then the actual storage subsystem itself can prevent SharePoint from allowing a document to be deleted. 3. While orphan cleanup is much less of a concern with RBS it still needs to be managed. The good news is that because RBS is managed through SQL tables, RBS can take advantage of indexes to actually "query" the difference between what is in the BLOB store and what is in SharePoint content databases. 4. RBS is completely transparent to the SharePoint API. Nothing changes. So existing custom and 3rd Party code will continue to function as expected. With binary data out of the content database, only metadata may be present causing a great reduction to the database size and improving scalability and performance.
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn567995(v=office.15).aspx http://vsarbranchingguide.codeplex.com/
- App Deployment and migration issues Scale Cost Storage Integration Loss of control Existing SharePoint architecture 2-3 year release cadence, Office 365 gets all the goodies first
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621103(v=office.15).aspx Bust the “I like to have SQL on a physical server” excuse
- http://thesharepointfarm.com/2014/02/sharepoint-and-the-web-application-proxy-role/
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262350(office.15).aspx
- non-uniform memory access for instances of SQL Server that host SharePoint databases to make sure that a single SQL Server process serves each request. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh292622(v=office.15).aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219591(v=office.15).aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262813(v=office.14).aspx content search http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj163789(v=office.15).aspx
- disk-based cache that stores files , load quickly in the browser, and reduces the load on the database server when it uses those files. These files are known as binary large objects blobs querying for items is linked with the user account that makes the query. Various parts of the publishing feature make queries for which the results are cached in the object cache http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261797(v=office.15).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219572.aspx caching
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc424952(v=office.15).aspx
- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16166.sharepoint-2013-using-folders.aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806878(v=office.15).aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn635313(v=office.15).aspx
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262813(v=office.14).aspx