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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)

Exploring farm solutions

Have you identified all the third-party solutions in your current environment that will be migrated to the new environment? Have you checked the GAC? Have you identified new third-party solutions you would like to use or have replace old solutions? Be sure you check this location within your servers to make sure you have not missed anything. This happened mainly in the 2007 and 2010 days when some solutions were not deployed through SharePoint so that they could be seen and documented. So, if you are coming from one of the older versions of SharePoint, please make sure to check the GAC, which can be found in the Assemblies folder in C:\Windows, for any solutions that have been deployed using this method.

If you have a good list of solutions from third-party vendors, then you are in business. You can take that list of solutions and find out if the company has upgrades for SharePoint Server 2019. If they do have the solutions, which may have changed to the...