A Post-Deployment SharePoint Survival Guide Eric Shupps eshupps@binarywave.com Sponsored by: Visit us on the web at www.binarywave.com Real-time application monitoring, event management, and operational health metrics for Microsoft SharePoint Reduce troubleshooting time by up to 30% Increase efficiency and improve user satisfaction Avoid downtime and costly outages Meet or exceed service level agreements Maximize investment in current infrastructure Sponsored by: Visit us on the web at www.binarywave.com Real-time application monitoring, event management, and operational health metrics for Microsoft SharePoint Reduce troubleshooting time by up to 30% Increase efficiency and improve user satisfaction Avoid downtime and costly outages Meet or exceed service level agreements Maximize investment in current infrastructure 3 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com About Me CKS:DEV The SharePoint Cowboy Patterns & Practices Eric Shupps www.sharepointcowboy.com www.slideshare.net/eshupps facebook.com/sharepointcowboy @eshupps 4 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Agenda Planning Adoption Publication Operations Support Education 5 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Planning Planning 6 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Implementation Day One We have SharePoint! Day Two We have SharePoint! 7 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Its Never too Late for a Good Plan Branding Apps Search Taxonomy Navigation Social Security Content Features 8 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Planning Tools Vision document Design and planning sessions Technical Executive Business Support Governance plan Functional specifications Physical and logical architecture Information architecture Development and customization strategy 9 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Adoption Adoption 10 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Reasons for Failure Vision, Goals and Objectives Poor Communication Barriers Without Benefits Inadequate Education Rules and Restrictions Resistance to Change 11 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Drivers for Success Plan to Succeed Create Excitement Demonstrate Clear Value Win Quickly and Often Listen, Accept and Adapt Solve Core Problems 12 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Adoption Tools Home page and file location defaults Implementation of key applications Contests, prizes and giveaways Recognition Newsletters Posters Executive engagement Sandbox playground VIP Groups Departmental champions 13 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Education Education 14 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Assume to Fail Different doesnt always mean better More capabilities often results in a longer learning curve The current process may be poor but its familiar Just because you understand the technology doesnt mean users will What you want may not be what the business wants (or needs) 15 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Training Options Formal Informal Contextual On Demand 16 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Education Tools Classroom Training Computer-based Training Video Self-paced Tutorials Task-based Tutorials Step by step walkthroughs Rich media (audio/video) Wiki Pages Workshops Contests Lunch and Learn sessions 17 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Publication Publication 18 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Cultivate Contribution Guidelines Roles & Responsibilities Ownership Empowerment 19 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Publication Tools Education How Tos and Tutorials Publishing Guidelines Wiki Acceptable Use Policy Working Groups Champions Demonstrate -> Transition -> Support 20 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Operations Operations 21 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Value Mission Critical Service 22 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Platform Operational Stability Incidents Performance Event Velocity Availability Uptime Error Rate Disaster Prevention Disaster Recovery Data Protection 23 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Monitoring Hardware Network Server Applications Dependent Applications Systems Software Operating System Database Services Delivery Response & Resolution Time/Rate User Satisfaction 24 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Provisioning Service Applications Web Applications Site Collections Sites Archiving Permissions 25 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Security Authorized Access Unauthorized Access Auditing Response Plan Breach Detection 26 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Delivery Features Components Enhancements Applications Utilities Customizations 27 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Maintenance Infrastructure Platform Applications 3 rd Party Service Packs Updates Version to Version Upgrades OS and Hardware Request Review and Approval Change Management Impact Assessment and Scheduling Fallback/Rollback Procedures 28 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Operations Tools Business continuity plan Disaster recovery infrastructure, procedures and frequent drills Backup/Recovery scripts and/or 3 rd party products Comprehensive monitoring tools Log analysis and intelligence tools Security risk assessments and regular/automated auditing Provisioning policies & automation Maintenance plan Change management procedures 29 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Support Support 30 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Service Operations Event Management Incident Management Request Fulfillment Access Management Problem Management IT Operations Control Facilities Management 31 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Did you know? The average SharePoint farm generates more than 5,000 critical events each day 32 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Event Management Monitoring Investigation Assignment Escalation Review 33 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Event Velocity 34 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Event Categories 35 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Incident Management Ticketing Triage Routing Tracking Resolution Reporting 36 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Support Tools Service delivery plan Well-defined policies & procedures Incident management system Event management system Post-mortem reviews Internal performance measurement User satisfaction surveys User feedback mechanism User engagement opportunities 37 DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Review Planning Adoption Content Operations Support Education Sponsored by: Visit us on the web at www.binarywave.com Real-time application monitoring, event management, and operational health metrics for Microsoft SharePoint Reduce troubleshooting time by up to 30% Increase efficiency and improve user satisfaction Avoid downtime and costly outages Meet or exceed service level agreements Maximize investment in current infrastructure Questions? Thank you! Dont forget to enter your evaluation of this session using EventBoard!