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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

SharePoint Server is an on-premises collaboration and business productivity platform. It serves as a content management and web services platform, enabling users to create, publish, and discover content and applications and integrate with business systems. This SharePoint book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the SharePoint Server 2019 interface to help you configure and deploy confidently from the start. With the help of clear and succinct explanations and expert tips, this book covers SharePoint Server and SharePoint Hybrid configuration as well as the process for migrating to Microsoft SharePoint Online. As the book takes you through strategies and techniques for configuring and managing SharePoint on-premises and hybrid scenarios, you’ll get to grips with the concepts essential for SharePoint deployments, such as authentication, Business Connectivity Services, and the data gateway. You’ll also explore migration methods and strategies. By the end of this book, you'll have learned the fundamentals of deploying SharePoint Server 2019 and be able to use this reference guide for your administration tasks.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Configuring hybrid OneDrive for Business

Hybrid OneDrive for Business performs redirection for users' My Sites area to a corresponding Microsoft 365 OneDrive for Business site. It's important to note that hybrid OneDrive for Business does not migrate data.

Configuring hybrid OneDrive for Business can be broken down into four main sections:

  • Prerequisites
  • Configuring permissions
  • Creating a pilot group
  • Running the Hybrid Configuration Wizard

Let's take a look at each one.

Prerequisites

To configure hybrid OneDrive for Business and Sites, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • A SharePoint Online license in Office 365
  • An administrator account with SharePoint Online admin role privileges
  • A SharePoint Online My Sites URL
  • An administrator account with membership in the Farm Administrators group

To make hybrid OneDrive services available for your on-premises users, you must subscribe to a Microsoft 365 plan that contains SharePoint Online and then synchronize your on-premises...