1. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment – Do’s and Don’ts Russ Basiura RJB Technical Consulting www.sharepointspecialists.com russ@rjbtech.com

2. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com What Contributes to a Chaotic Deployment Site Proliferation with no Plan Server Proliferation – IT doesn’t meet needs of dept. No Quotas, No Blocked File Types, No Policies Unreliable Service (No SLAs) No Communication No security audits or security policies (information leaks) No life cycle management or cleanup

3. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com What Contributes to a Successful Deployment CXO sponsored strategy (stakeholder buy in) Well Communicated Strategy & Service Offering Consolidated Well Managed Server Farms Consistency, Standards, Branding, Usage Policies Security Policies and Enforcement, Information Management Policies Easy to use and powerful Search On Demand/Accessible Training and Support

4. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #1 Don’t : Site Proliferation Environments Grow Virally. Sites Topology Quickly Spins Out of Control Information Architecture is Unmanageable

5. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #2 Don’t : Server Proliferation More Servers / Farms increase the complexity Increased Support and Management Out of Control Physical Architecture Standardization becomes impossible

6. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #3 Don’t : No SLAs Unreliable Service (No SLAs) Memory leaks from bad untested, unsupported code Unreliable support No strategy, No training Lack of Growth & Usage Reporting

7. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #4 Don’t : No Communication Employees Confused by Technology Selection Lack of Consistent Message

8. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #5 Don’t : No Security Plan No Security Audit Who is downloading? What is modified? Look at 3 rd Party Utilities No Security Policies Individual Accounts at Top Levels

9. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #6 Don’t : No Lifecycle Management No Process for Managing Information Sites become stale over time No Archiving or Disposition Leads to Electronic Dumping Ground

10. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #1 Do : C-Sponsorship Find a Champion Get CxO Support for SharePoint Strategy Get Buy in from Business Stakeholders

11. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #2 Do : Communicate Define and Promote the Strategy Why SharePoint? Include Definitive Usage Modal Establish a Clear Service Offering Web Content Management

12. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #3 Do : Management Design a Consolidated Farm Backup, Restore, Disaster Recovery Content DB and Data Management Updates and Server Packs Shared Services Service Accounts and Password Changes

13. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #4 Do : Standards Implement Environmental Standards Design for Consistency across Sites Standardize Branding

14. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #5 Do : Security Define your Security Strategy How will it be implemented? How will it be enforced? Plan Information Architecture and Management

15. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #6 Do : Search Leverage Enterprise Search Capabilities Provide easy access to file stores NTFS Security Information Architecture Metadata Improves Result Relevancy

16. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com #7 Do : Training Establish and Communicate the Training Plan Users / Information Workers’ Designers / Powers Users Developers Administrators Leverage Online Training Live Meeting Podcasts

17. RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com www.SharePointSpecialists.com Thanks for coming to our PhillySharePoint Day!!