Janalent Sharepoint Series - Optimization And Extension (part 3)

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Janalent SharePoint Optimization and Extension (Part 3)

Our Name: Jăn’ə-lĕnt JANA: (Sanskrit prefix ) Sanskrit– oldest language in the eastern world

LENT: (Latin suffix) Latin – oldest language in the western world

“Knowing, understanding, knowledge, especially higher knowledge, science, wisdom; conscience, organ of intelligence or sense”.

“Full of” “One Who Does” “One who performs”

“Knowledge in this context is not belief or collected data: it is comprehension as a result of discernment and experience. It is true wisdom and understanding“.

Janalent Knowledge . Wisdom . Performance

Recognition •Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Winner 2009/10 •Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Finalist 2008/09 •Microsoft Regional Partner Award Winner FY 2009 Q1, 2, 3 and 4 •Awarded 7 Advanced Competencies, 12 specializations • • • • • • •

Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Network Infrastructure Solutions Information Worker Solutions Unified Communication Solutions Security Solutions Mobility Solutions Small Business Solutions

•Over 4 Million Exchange mailboxes deployed/migrated •Award winning Global Directory Design & Implementation

•Quest Software Platinum partner, globally-managed •NetApp Platinum Sponsor & CDP partner, globally-managed •Go-To partner for Microsoft, MCS, Quest, NetApp, & others

Customer Success Broad Sector & Industry Success    

Over 4 Million Users / Mailboxes to date Over 400 customers across all industries Deployments on five continents Global award recognition

Wrapping it up Key Take Aways… • Specialized, Industry experts

• Multi-phase solution approach

• Strategic, nimble, and creative

• Combining Hardware, Software, & Services

• Experience with over 400 similar engagements • Competitive value / pricing • Proven approach / methodology

• Unparalleled experience

Assessment & Readiness evaluation

Key Subject matter experts

• Collaboration Portal & Practicum based knowledge transfer • Increase capability breadth

• Demonstrate ROI sooner

Effective & efficient delivery

Global project experience & success

Transfer knowledge & drive next opportunity

What we learned so far:

Knowledge Management is: The right information at the right time, for the right person at the right place

What we learned so far … Business and Technology Drivers • • • •

Application landscape reduction Fewer support and maintenance Tighter integration into desktop application Less resources

• • • •

Reduce loss of knowledge Ability to stay competitive Increased revenues Accelerated “time to market”

What is needed at the core … • Single company driven program • Leadership support • Governance Body What is needed to get ready … • Current State Analysis • Business alignment

What we learned so far … Design and Deploy • Governance • User involvement • KISS • User policies and SLA •Technology infrastructure •Topology •Database sizing and configuration •Back-up and restore •Release to production Webinar 3 was a special case of Design and Deploy because it looked at Design and Deploy in the context of Public Folders

What’s needed to successfully optimize and extend a SharePoint environment? • Capacity Management / Understanding and manage demand requirements • Backup and Recovery • High Availability vs. Mission Critical • Centralization vs. Decentralization • Separate “custom” from generic environments • Functional extensions to the standard functionality

What’s needed to successfully optimize and extend a SharePoint environment? • Tools to enable administrators/users to see and monitor their usage • Better training/administration of Info Lifecycle Management • Process for submission/approval of custom web parts where of generic value – with QA/Certification program – and publish the criteria which such webparts must meet • Remember there will always be MS upgrades – how will your “enhancements” impact applying those upgrades!

What’s needed to successfully optimize and extend a SharePoint environment? Solid Infrastructure: Development Testing Quality Assurance

Staging Production

What’s needed to successfully optimize and extend a SharePoint environment ? Solid processes: Build Management Testing and Back-out Plans Change, Configuration, and Release Management

Communication & training

Develop, Test

Request, Planning

Roll-out planning

Distribution & Installation

What’s needed to successfully optimize SharePoint from a Business point of view? • • • •

Focus on the most critical development Monitor usage Conduct surveys and get feedback End-user training and communication

Involve the users during design, implementation, and operation • Obtain and maintain user support • Mirror how the employees do their jobs • Discourage customization of the default environments and templates

Communication and Management Of Change (MOC) • Understand culture of the organization • Break out of the mind-set of single data stores, private data stores, and hording knowledge • Communicate the benefits for the individual and the company • Communicate success stories

What we discussed so far… • Optimizing SharePoint – – – –

Understand capacity requirements Business continuity Availability requirements Release to production infrastructure and processes

• Extending SharePoint – Increasing available functionality – Training and communication – Enabling business processes

Tips and Tricks – lessons learned from a large scale deployment • • • • • •

… delete, delete, delete I need more space…. It’s a small world, but … Development, Quality Control, and Staging environments Extending SharePoint features Proactive user communication

Tips and Tricks - Lessons learned from large scale deployments 10% of 10.000 team sites request on upgrade to 1GB

A 250 MB team site consumes ~1 GB of storage An upgrade to 1 GB results in 5 times the amount of storage. 1 GB will consume 5 GB of storage Storage Space Storage Space Team Site

250 MB Team Site 1 GB

10% of all team sites consume 50% of total storage Storage Space

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10.000 sites

1.000 sites 1 Site 250 MB Team Site 1 GB

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Tips and Tricks – lessons learned from a large scale deployment • • • • • •

… delete, delete, delete I need more space…. It’s a small world, but … Development, Quality Control, and Staging environments Extending SharePoint features Proactive user communication

Centralized environment optimized via Acceleration devices Factors that affect the response times that users experience • File size • Latency • Topology • Number of users Acceleration Results • 70-80% performance increase • Second and subsequent downloads 90%+ reduction in bandwidth

More tips and tricks… • Effective Document Management – Leverage the integration – Automate tasks where possible – Create a site structure that maps to how people work – Create templates – Include all of the resources – Processes provide value – Train individuals – Monitor the solution’s effectiveness – Make incremental changes where appropriate

More tips and tricks… • Effective project management – Incorporate change management – Provide managers and stakeholders with visibility – Ensure remote access is available

More tips and tricks… • Designing a SharePoint environment – 10 Web application per application pool – 20 Web applications on a single physical server – 4 GB of RAM – Application pools

Quest LiteSpeed for SQL Server • SQL LiteSpeed Key Features Compression, up to 95% smaller Speed, up to 70% faster Security, up to 256 bit encryption Microsoft certified and standardized – Familiar interface: VDI, SQL-DMO, ODS – – – –

Janalent KM & SharePoint KM Solutions by ADE2 Phase Analysis and Alignment (Phase 1 and 2) • Opportunity Analysis & Readiness Assessment • KM and Business Strategy Alignment • Business Case preparation • Knowledge Capture and utilization analysis • Knowledge Mapping/Knowledge audit • Process Analysis, Design and Documentation • Functional Requirements Analysis • KM Supporting Technology and Tools Analysis Educate and Evolve (Phase 5 and 6) • Administrator and end-user training • Knowledge and IP capture training • Datacenter Operations consulting • Performance and Utilization Metrics • After action review

Design and Deploy (Phase 3 and 4) • KM Program Design • Business KM Process Flow Creation • KM system design • Taxonomy and controlled vocabulary design • Infrastructure architecture and topology • Security • Capacity planning • Storage Optimization • Business continuity/Disaster recovery • Implementation and migration • Datacenter Operations Consulting • Performance and Utilization Metrics

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