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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)

Understanding the Distributed Cache service

The Distributed Cache service is used to improve performance by managing objects and data across MinRole configured servers, as well as servers included in your farm. From past engagements where I've reviewed a farm, I've seen that this service was either not set correctly or was non-existent because it had crashed. In one case, a site was down for many months due to this service and Microsoft Updates failing. It is a very important service, so you cannot leave this out when monitoring or planning a maintenance window that supports updates and/or changing the configuration of the service.

The Distributed Cache service is used to maintain a large amount of information on the server you have chosen to provide these services to in your farm. From a configuration standpoint, these servers can be standalone or used on a WFE tier server, where users interface with the farm at the site level. This service ensures that the...