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Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019: An expert guide to SharePoint Server for architects, administrators, and developers

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Bring on-premise and cloud collaboration features to life with Microsoft's enterprise content management platform - SharePoint Server

Key Features

  • Get up to speed with the latest version of SharePoint and make the most of its features
  • Set up and effectively manage your SharePoint Farm in the cloud or on premise
  • Learn how to align your development tools and cloud infrastructure to support collaboration

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

  • Understand changes to the platform and how to migrate from other versions of SharePoint
  • Explore infrastructure planning and governance relating to collaborative environments
  • Install and configure network components, servers, and desktops
  • Use SharePoint services and other Microsoft product servers and apps
  • Monitor and troubleshoot SharePoint after it is implemented
  • Discover the tools that can be used with SharePoint 2019 for BI and reporting
  • Delve into social features and collaboration
  • Maintain, monitor, and support the rollout of the platform in your enterprise

Who this book is for

The book is for SharePoint administrators, developers, and architects who have some experience in designing, planning, implementing, and managing SharePoint Farms.

Table of Contents

  1. Understanding Your Current State
  2. Planning and Architecture
  3. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
  4. Installation Concepts
  5. Farm and Services Configuration
  6. Finalizing the Farm - Going Live
  7. Finalizing the Farm to Go Live - Part II
  8. Post-Implementation Operations and Maintenance
  9. Managing Performance and Troubleshooting
  10. SharePoint Advanced Reporting and Features
  11. Enterprise Social Networking and Collaboration
  12. SharePoint Framework

Author(s): Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Year: 2020

Language: English
Commentary: True PDF
Pages: 636

Cover
Title page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Understanding Your Current State
Technical requirements
Warning – deprecated features
Deprecated features
List of removed features
New features
Service application enhancements
Additional documentation links for central administration
Communication sites
Fast Site Creation
Increased storage file size in SharePoint document libraries
Modern lists and libraries
Modern sharing experiences
Modern search experiences
Modern team sites
Sharing using modern internet information APIs
SharePoint home page
Creating sites from the home page
Site creation support for AAM zones
SMTP authentication when sending emails
Use of # and % in file and folder names
Syncing files with the OneDrive sync client (NGSC)
PowerShell enhancements
New health analyzer rules
Improved features
Server support updates
Assessing the environment
Other collaborative tools
Best practices
Windows Server and VMs
SQL Server
SharePoint Server
Governance
Stakeholders
Why governance is important
Determining an approach
Creating a governance plan
Summary
Questions
Chapter 2: Planning and Architecture
Technical requirements
Planning – overview
Goals and objectives
Planning – how to find the best architecture based on requirements
Exercise 1
Planning – cost of your environment
Virtualization
Cloud and Services
SharePoint licensing
Battling contingency
Planning – resources
Assessment review
Prioritizing requirements
Planning – SharePoint farm design
Physical server assessment
Design – documenting the design
Summary
Questions
Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Technical requirements
Creating hosts and VMs
Server feature comparisons
Defining needed server roles
Installing Windows Server 2019 – host configuration
Configuring the network and server names
Configuring network and internet access
Adding the server to the domain
Configuring Hyper-V Manager on Windows Server 2019
Hyper-V advanced post-installation options
Creating VMs
Creating our first VM
Summary
Questions
Chapter 4: Installation Concepts
Technical requirements
Installation updates
List of configuration details
Configuring SQL Server 2017
SQL outbound port configuration
SQL inbound port configuration
Configuring SharePoint 2019 prerequisites
SharePoint outbound port configuration
SharePoint Server inbound port configuration
Disabling loopback check
Microsoft SharePoint preparation toolkit
Scripted preparation tool installation
SharePoint 2019 installation
Configuration of SQL and SharePoint
Running the configuration script
Summary
Questions
Chapter 5: Farm and Services Configuration
Technical requirements
Configuring SQL Server services
SQL properties
Configuring SharePoint Services
Setting server logging locations
Creating the state service
Creating SharePoint logging services
Antivirus and security configurations
Antivirus settings
Web Part Security
Block File Types 
Creating service applications
Registering service accounts
SharePoint MinRole resources
Understanding the Distributed Cache service
Summary
Questions
Chapter 6: Finalizing the Farm – Going Live
Technical requirements
Finalizing loose ends
Search and the User Profile service
Configuring your connection to Active Directory
Creating web applications and associations
Summary
Questions
Chapter 7: Finalizing the Farm to Go Live – Part II
Technical requirements
Understanding workflows and Workflow Manager
Installing Workflow Manager
Authentication
Claims authentication
Windows authentication
SAML authentication
Understanding load balancing
Load balancing with hardware
Load balancing with software
Exploring SharePoint migration
Know your customers
Migration – choosing your weapon of choice
Types of migration
Migration tools
Scheduling migrations
Exploring farm solutions
Developed custom solutions
Carrying out testing
Stress and performance testing the environment
User testing
Performing the final checks
Server resources and configuration
Backup and restore
Summary
Questions
Chapter 8: Post-Implementation Operations and Maintenance
Technical requirements
Post-implementation
DNS cutover and on-premise migrations
First-day blues
Understanding team dynamics
Incident management concepts
Exploring troubleshooting tools
Maintaining the environments
Why is a development environment important?
Why do you need a test environment?
Production – why you should be cautious
Summary
Questions
Chapter 9: Managing Performance and Troubleshooting
Technical requirements
Performance overview
The client's role in terms of performance
The developer's role in terms of performance
Farm administrator tips 
Farm administrative monitoring
Monitoring in Central Administration
Monitoring as a Site Collection Admin
SQL Server performance
Troubleshooting
Scenarios and fixes
Summary
Questions
Chapter 10: SharePoint Advanced Reporting and Features
Technical requirements
Advanced reporting and features
Deprecated features
Azure Active Directory
SQL Reporting Services
Hybrid configurations
SharePoint hybrid gateways
On-premises data gateways
Power BI
Power BI admin
Power BI Desktop
Best practices for Power BI
Power Apps
Power Automate
Connecting Power Automate to SharePoint Online
Connecting to a SharePoint On-Premises environment
Power Automate Desktop
Office Online Server
Configuring Office Online Server in SharePoint 2019
Excel Online
Azure reporting capabilities
Azure Analysis Services
Azure Logic Apps
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Chapter 11: Enterprise Social Networking and Collaboration
Technical requirements
Social features in SharePoint 2019
Microsoft's direction in enterprise social networking
Microsoft Teams overview
Microsoft Teams in the age of the pandemic
SharePoint and Microsoft Teams
Tasked to suddenly roll out teams – now what?
Deployment
Network considerations
Communication
Using Microsoft Teams
Best practices for organizing Teams
Limits and restriction considerations
Configuring an auditorium solution with Microsoft Teams
Creating a live event
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Chapter 12: SharePoint Framework
Technical requirements
Developer essentials
Helpful tools
Code and tools summary
Developer experience and teamwork
Documentation
Jobs and certifications
Setting up a development environment
Modern or classic?
SPFx overview
What is SPFx?
Setting up a development environment to create SharePoint framework solutions
Visual Studio setup
Develop a Client side WebPart
Developer best practices
Requirement gathering
Preproduction environments
Testers
Capacity planning
List limits
Timeout issue
Enterprise security
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index