Chapter 1, Overview of SharePoint Server 2019, starts by explaining the basics of SharePoint Server and how it forms the foundation of all of the workloads that will be discussed later.
Chapter 2, Planning a SharePoint Farm, helps you understand the basic SharePoint MinRole server configurations and the architecture components that are necessary to build a successful solution.
Chapter 3, Managing and Maintaining a SharePoint Farm, shows you how to configure the core service applications for SharePoint Server farms.
Chapter 4, Implementing Authentication, explains the different identity and authentication methods available for securing web applications.
Chapter 5, Managing Site Collections, gives you a thorough understanding of the classic and modern SharePoint Server site collection architectures and provides recommendations on Microsoft's best practices.
Chapter 6, Configuring Business Connectivity Services, will show you how to interact with external data systems with Business Connectivity Services.
Chapter 7, Planning and Configuring Managed Metadata, shows you how the Managed Metadata Service application works and how to use it to build a structured taxonomy.
Chapter 8, Managing Search, dives into how to configure the Search service application.
Chapter 9, Exploring Office Service Applications, works through deploying some of the less-common Office-based service applications for document conversion and rendering.
Chapter 10, Overview of SharePoint Hybrid, introduces the concepts around integrating an on-premises SharePoint farm with SharePoint Online.
Chapter 11, Planning a Hybrid Configuration and Topology, helps you relate business requirements to SharePoint Hybrid features and plan for integration.
Chapter 12, Implementing Hybrid Teamwork Artifacts, walks you step-by-step through the configuration of several SharePoint Hybrid configurations, including hybrid sites, OneDrive, and taxonomy.
Chapter 13, Implementing a Hybrid Search Service Application, covers the different types of hybrid search options and the configuration of cloud hybrid search.
Chapter 14, Implementing a Data Gateway, shows you how to connect SharePoint Server to the Microsoft 365 platform to allow cloud-based tools, including Power BI and Power Automate, to interact with SharePoint Server data.
Chapter 15, Using Power Automate with a Data Gateway, demonstrates utilizing on-premises data with the Microsoft Power Automate service.
Chapter 16, Overview of the Migration Process, provides an overview of migrating to SharePoint Online using different tools.
Chapter 17, Migrating Data and Content, walks you through preparing data and migrating content to SharePoint Online.