Best practices (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

 

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Some design decisions that you make for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 can have a lasting effect on your environment and affect how well the solution performs. There are also operational practices that can improve performance and availability and provide a better experience for users and administrators. Many problems experienced by administrators and users can be avoided by reviewing concise descriptions of best practices for designing and operating SharePoint Foundation 2010 environments. The articles in this section summarize current knowledge and research from Microsoft Consulting Services and the SharePoint Foundation product team into a must-read quick reference for key design decisions and operational practices. Each article briefly describes the best practices for a particular environment or product area and provides links for additional reading.

Follow these best practices to help ensure that you avoid many common pitfalls and keep your SharePoint Foundation environment available and performing well. Use these articles as cheat sheets to help you get the most out of SharePoint Foundation.

In this section:

• Best practices for operational excellence (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

• Best practices for extranet environments (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

• Best practices for virtualization (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

• Backup and recovery best practices (SharePoint Foundation 2010)