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Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By : Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By: Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood

Overview of this book

Microsoft’s latest addition to their product range, SharePoint Server 2019, is a new enterprise content management platform that brings on-premise collaboration features to life. It can be used as an isolated platform or in a hybrid connected configuration providing management and connectivity to Office 365. You can use the SharePoint framework to host sites, information, data, and applications in a robust CMS that centralizes collaborative content for enterprises. SharePoint 2019 enables new integrations and features that will allow you to work seamlessly with new and old Office products such as Microsoft Power Apps and other Microsoft Office applications. Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019 will help you understand the challenges, planning, migration steps, installation concepts, and configuration involved in providing this platform for your enterprise. The book will also show you what the platform brings to the table from an on-premise server perspective. If you’re new to SharePoint 2019, you’ll also be guided through how to get servers up and running so that you and your user community can become productive with this powerful new platform. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint 2019 and have the knowledge you need to apply your skills in the real world.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Governance

A challenge for companies today is deciding who owns the collaborative and social environments in our company – is it IT or the business? In the case of collaboration tools and social tools, it's the business, as IT is only a part of the governance stakeholder community. SharePoint is included due to how widespread the data that could be included in the content on-premises and on the cloud. This reaches across mobile, desktop, and web platforms presented to our employees every day.

The other challenge is managing those available apps and enterprise solutions and bringing the best solutions to our customers and departments within our entity. We should never go into any project without first seeing how it reflects on our enterprise and the data that is presented in that solution. As stated, if you miss the mark on governance, you will fail the implementation. 

As part of our environment assessment in this chapter, we need to take a look at governance...