Who is this Todd guy? • SharePoint MVP since 2006 • Speaker, writer, consultant, Aquarius, former President of Shane Young fan club • Personal.
Download ReportTranscript Who is this Todd guy? • SharePoint MVP since 2006 • Speaker, writer, consultant, Aquarius, former President of Shane Young fan club • Personal.
Who is this Todd guy? • SharePoint MVP since 2006 • Speaker, writer, consultant, Aquarius, former President of Shane Young fan club • Personal Blog www.toddklindt.com/blog • Company web site www.sharepoint911.com • E-mail [email protected] • Twitter me! @toddklindt Who Am I? • Shane Young • SharePoint911, a Rackspace Company • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP • Consultant, Trainer, Writer, & Speaker • [email protected] • Blog • http://msmvps.com/shane • SharePoint Consulting • http://www.sharepoint911.com • Twitter @ShanesCows SharePoint and its Friends • SharePoint is only an application so it has to run on top of Windows Server • Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows 2012 • Standard, Enterprise, or Data Center • Still 64 bit • SharePoint will do all of the other software work for you. Just install Windows Updates and add the server to the domain. • Except the prereqs it misses • http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs SharePoint and its Friends • SQL 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 • Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter • SQL 2012 • Standard, BI, or Datacenter • SQL 2012 SP1 required for Business Intelligence bits • Remember this is where your performance comes from! SharePoint production hardware • 100 GB C: Drive • • • • Windows SharePoint root All of those hotfixes & service packs for the next few years Some SharePoint operations spool here • X GB second drive • Move all possible files here (logs, etc.) • All servers must have the same drive letters • 4 cores • Memory • 12 GB for production servers in 3 tier topology • 24 GB for all-in-one test or dev • 8 GB for test or dev Foundation • Gigabit Ethernet • All servers must have less than 1 ms of latency to each other Virtualization and Hardware requirements • The corner has been turned • Don’t be stingy with hardware • Tiers • Web front ends – Sure • Application – Be careful • SQL – Be very, very careful • TechNet: SharePoint 2013 Hardware and software requirements • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx • Session on virtualizing SharePoint – MDC-B356 • http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/MDC-B356#fbid=agHp9LMH8AJ Sometimes SharePoint Isn’t Enough • Project Server 2013 • Add on product for managing Project 2013 projects • Requires SharePoint 2013 Enterprise CAL • SQL Server Reporting Services • Requires SQL 2012 • Installs as a service application • Office Web Apps • Licensed separately • Read is free • Create/edit will cost you • Stand alone install • Can no longer be installed on a SharePoint server • https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/677451264 • PowerPivot • SharePoint Server required (Excel Services) Services by SKU • Foundation • • • • App Management BDC * Usage and health data collection Subscription settings • Standard • • • • • • • Machine Translation * Managed Metadata * Search * Secure Store * State User Profile * Word Automation • Work Management • Enterprise • • • • • Access Access 2010 Excel PerformancePoint Visio Graphics * = Cross Farm = Has Database Three tiers of SharePoint • Web Front End – WFE • These are servers that host the IIS sites (web applications) that your users interact with • You have to setup your own load balancing to direct web traffic • Application Server • Catch all for the servers in your farm that run the various services • SharePoint is very flexible, you can spread the load any way you want • SharePoint does the load balancing of service for you • Search needs some extra lovin’ • Database Server • Can be any supported version of SQL • Can be cluster or mirrored or any other cool SQL trick you know • You can have multiple SQL servers Dos Tres Mas Tres Quatro Scaling Search example ¡Más Grande! Four stages to a good install • Prerequisite Installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe) • Don’t forget the forgotten Prereqs • http://www.toddklindt.com/sp2013forgottenprereqs • Installing the bits (setup.exe) • If you have any hot fixes, service packs, or language packs now is the time to install them • Configure the bits (grey wizard/PowerShell if you’re cool) • Farm Configuration (white wizard or PowerShell/Central admin) Setup.exe • Pretty straightforward • You can do the install on all of the servers in the farm at the same time • You should be logged in as the sp_install account for this step • Must be local administrator on all SharePoint Servers • Must have SQL Server roles of dbcreator, securityadmin, and public • Service account guidelines • http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013ServiceAccounts Updates • Best place on the Internet to keep track of build numbers is • http://www.toddklindt.com/SP2013Builds • Patches • Hotfixes • Cumulative Updates • Service Packs • You cannot uninstall any patches • Install Hotfixes as soon as is prudent • Only install CUs if they fix a problem you’re having • • • • They break stuff Test in a test environment first Wait at least a month before putting in production Consider a donation to a local charity • Install Service Packs as soon as is responsible Configuring SharePoint 2013 the Cool Way • You’re too smart to use wizards, use PowerShell • Suffer through Shane installing SharePoint 2013 • https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/928603161 • Some outstanding PowerShell scripts • http://www.toddklindt.com/teched2013 Search Changes • Rebuilt to include some FAST functionality • Heavy reliance on PowerShell • Architecture Changes • Search Components • • • • • Crawl Content Processing Analytics Processing Index Query Processing • Each with their very own noderunner.exe The User Profile Synchronization Service • Almost Identical to SharePoint 2010 UPS • Exports to AD (Top request from 2007) • Flexible Property Mappings • "Exports" & "Flexible" equals "a little more complex“ • “New” Active Directory Import Mode • • • • Only Active Directory Only Import Faster, LDAP filters Can switch back and forth SkyDrive Pro • Has NOTHING to do with SkyDrive • Handy link • A fancy name for your My Site Documents library • Can use SkyDrive Pro to sync locally • Way better than Groove or Workspaces • Can also sync non SkyDrive Pro folders with SkyDrive Pro • More information • http://www.toddklindt.com/SkyDriveProSP2013 • Standalone download • http://www.toddklindt.com/DownloadSkyDrivePro2013 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd www.microsoft.com/learning http://microsoft.com/technet http://microsoft.com/msdn