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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)

Post-implementation

In the world of SharePoint, you hear so many horror stories about migrations and implementations that go wrong. These stories are very true. On my way to a customer site, I met a CTO who was doing a SharePoint implementation for 2010. He told me about the issues he faced while using SharePoint and I explained to him that SharePoint is all about planning and understanding what you want from it. He also mentioned he was unaware of some of the best practices I had mentioned, as were his team, and he said they did not use many service accounts in the configuration. They also had slow-running sites and the users were confused about how to use the platform.

So on the first day, please do not be surprised with comments, issues you may run into, or those for which you think you have covered everything thoroughly, because something always happens that cannot be explained in SharePoint in my experience. But you should be able to alleviate most issues that plague...