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Redundantand faulttolerantdesign:· Datacenter· Network devicessuch asswitchesand routers· Serversand peripheralssuch aspower supply,

network adapters, local storage, and remotestorage

· Facilities – Power, cooling, and

communications· Local and regional – alternate power, WAN,

and communications

Datacenterbackup and restore strategy:· Bestpractice policiesand procedures· Monitoring and reporting tools· Backup and recovery toolsand architecture· Off-site storage – physical orin the cloud

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High availability:· Virtual machine placementon differentvirtualization hostservers· WindowsServerFailoverClustering on hostservers· Live migration enabled

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High availability options:· Database mirroring· AlwaysOn Availability Group· Database clustering· AlwaysOn FailoverClusterInstance· Live migration enabled

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Whendeployed,auser'sMy Sitedocumentlibraryisthe defaultlocationforfilesthatMicrosoftOffice 2013 clientapplicationssave. AdiscoveryserviceidentifiestheURLof theuser'sMy Siteandoffers itas thedefaultlocationinadditiontoother locationsavailablefor saving files.Thispromotestheconceptofstoring filesinthe documentlibraryofa user'sMySite whereitemscanbe managed,governed,shared,andmoved.Thishelpsreducetheamountofcontentthatother systems,suchas emailor personaldrives,store.

Anew sitetemplatenamedCommunitySitesoffers aforumexperiencetocategorizeandcultivatediscussionswith abroadgroupof peopleacrossorganizationswithinacompany.You candeploya stand-alonecommunity(shown).Or,youcan activatecommunityfeaturesonanysite,which providesthecoreCommunitySitepages, moderation,membership,andreputationfunctionalitywithintheexisting sitewithoutcreating a separateCommunitySite.

Searchisbetter integratedwithenterpriseinfrastructure,basedon anentirelynewenginethatcombinesthe simplicityandgreatdefaultrelevanceprovidedbySharePointSearchwiththe massivescaleandextensibility

offeredbyFAST technology. IT candeployascalablesearcharchitecturethatenablesusersto searchremotedatasources,navigateenterpriserepositoriesrapidly,andbring moreinformationwithinreachthroughnewindividualsearchresultsthat arebasedon howindividualsinteractwithinformationin their dailywork.

Informationisat SharePoint’scoreand making thatinformationin avariety of formatsleadstobroader collaborationandaccess toimprovementsinsoftware.SharePointServer 2013 providesa newPowerPointAutomation

Service,whichis similar tothecurrent WordAutomationService.ThePowerPointAutomationServicecan automateconversationofMicrosoftPowerPointpresentationstomanyformats,which promotesahighdegree of accessibility,fromc onverting older Officeformatstonewer Office formats,ortowebpages, or PDFs.

Reachmorepeoplewith newcloud-basedtranslationservicesthatcantranslatesitesandsitecontent. Witha fullsetofAPI’s ,REST,andCSOMsupport,contentcanbepre-translatedwhenneeded,or onthefly byusers— asynchronously,synchronously,or streaming,

TheWorkManagementServiceprovidestaskaggregationacrossworkmanagementsystems,including MicrosoftSharePoint,MicrosoftExchangeServer,andMicrosoftProjectServer. For example,userscanedittasks fromExchangeServer ona mobilephone,andtheWorkManagementServiceaggregatestasksfromExchangeServer intheMy tasksSharePointlist.

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· AppManagement· Appsfor SharePoint· BusinessDataConnectivity· MachineTranslationServices· ManagedMetadataService· PerformancePointServices· SecureStoreService· SQLServer PowerPivotService Application· StateService· SubscriptionSettingsService· Taxonomy· Usage· WordAutomationServices· WordConversion

· Master· Model· Msdb· tempdb

· Reporting Server Catalog· ReportServerTempDB· ReportServer Alerting

SharePointServer 2013 bringsmajor advancementstoworkflows: enterprisefeaturessuchasfullydeclarativeauthoring,REST andService Busmessaging,elasticscalability,andmanagedservicereliability.

SharePointServer 2013 canuseanew workflowservicebuiltonthe WindowsWorkflowFoundationcomponentsof the.NET Framework4.5.Thisnew serviceiscalled WorkflowManager anditis designedtoplaya centralrolein theenterprise.Processesarecentralto anyorganizationandworkflowistheorchestrator ofprocesses.

TheSharePoint2010 Workflowplatformhasbeencarriedforwardto SharePointServer 2013.Workflowsthatyoubuiltby using SharePointServer 2010 willcontinueto workinSharePointServer2013.

Siteownerscan addappsfor SharePointtotheir sites.Ifan appcontainsSharePointcomponents,those

componentsare storedina subwebofthe sitethatis automaticallycreatedwhenyou installtheapp.If theappisa developer self-hostedor Azureauto-provisionedapp,theappcomponentsarestoredin thoselocations.For example,inthe preceding diagram,App1 containscustombusinesslogicandis storedonanexternalserver — itis anAzureauto-provisionedappand doesnotstorecontentin asubwebof thesite.App2 isa SharePointhostedappwithonlySharePointcomponents.App2'scontentisstoredin asubwebof thesiteon whichitis installed.

Bydefault,appsare deployedtotheir ownwebsite ina special,isolateddomain,insteadof toyour farmorasandbox.Processesrunin thatdomain.

Theappsfor SharePointprovideanew methodtodeliver specificinformationor functionalityto aSharePointsite.Anappfor SharePointis asmall,easy-to-use,stand-aloneappthatsolvesa specificend-user or businessneed.Siteownerscan discover anddownloadappsfor SharePointfroma publicSharePointStoreor froman organization'sinternalAppCatalog andinstallthemon their SharePointsites.

Microsofthostsandcontrolsa publiconlinestore,wheredevelopersaroundtheworld publishandselltheir customappsfor SharePoint.EndusersandIT professionalscanobtainthesecustomappsfor personalor corporateuse.Thisonlinestorehandlestheend-to-endacquisitionexperiencefromdiscoverytopurchase,upgrades,andupdates.(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/store)

Company-developedandapprovedappscanalsobe deployedtoanorganization'sinternalAppCatalogthatishostedon SharePointServer 2013 or SharePointOnline.Thiscontrolsthe visibilityofappswithinorganizations.

OfficeWebApps Server isa separateserver productthatcanperformthesefunctions:

· ServemultipleSharePointfarmsfor viewing andediting.· Viewfilesfrom ExchangeServer andMicrosoftLync.

· IntegratewithURL-accessiblefileservers.

Ifyou separateOfficeWebAppsfrom theSharePointfarm,youcan updateserversmorefrequentlyandmanagescaleand performanceindependentofthe SharePointenvironment.TheOffice Web

AppsServer architecturedoesnotincludeadatabase.If morethanoneserver hostsOffice WebAppsina deployment,adda loadbalancer or configureApplicationRequestRouting inIIS.

Associalcomputing becomesmorepervasive,the infrastructuremustsupportmoredemand.SharePointServer 2013 addsdistributedcacheto improveperformanceof socialfeeds.Thenewdistributedcacheservice isbuilton thereliabilityofWindowsServer AppFabricCaching. Toimproveperformance,distributedcacheperformsthe following functions:· Caching socialdata,suchas newsfeeds.

· Caching authenticationtokens.Distributedcache isenabledbydefaultand isautomaticallystartedonallweb serversandapplicationserversin afarm.In verylargeenvironmentsdistributedcache canbe offloadedtodedicatedservers.

TheNewsfeedpagein theMySite continuesto provideanaggregatedviewof activitiesthatarerelatedtotheinterestsof users.However,thefeed isenhancedwithnew microbloggingfunctionality.Thenew distributedcachemaintainstheNewsfeed.This infrastructurebetter supportsthereadand writeoperationsthatusersgeneratebytheir activitiesandparticipationinmicroblogging.The feedsAPI isextensible,whichenablesscenarioswhereactivitiescanbe addedtothenewsfeedor consumedbyother applicationsprogrammatically.

Usethisbuilt-infeatureto analyzeandresolveproblemsinthe followingareas: security,performance,configuration,andavailability.HealthAnalyzer rulesarepredefinedandrun atscheduledintervals,suchashourly,daily,weekly,andmonthly.If anerror isdetected,thecorresponding alertistriggered.Eachrule hasabrief explanationaboutwhytheerror occursandprovidesa linktoa detailedarticlethatcontainsstep-by-stepguidancetoresolve theproblem.Whenyoutakeactionsbyfollowing theguidance,youcan reruntheruleto verifyresolution.

SystemCenter 2012 - OperationsManager is apowerfuplatformthatletsyoumonitor services,devices,andopemanycomputersina singleconsole.OperationsManatoviewstatus,health,performanceinformation,andalegeneratedfor availability,performance,configurationansituations.To useOperationsManager tomonitor ShareyoumustinstallSystemCenter ManagementPackfor S2013.

Highavailabilityand disaster recoveryareachievedbyplanning andimplementing astrategythatmeetspredefinedorganizationalgoalsandobjectivesfor businesscontinuity.Thisstrategy mustincludetheprocessesandproceduresthatare requiredtsupportthetechnologiesthatanHAor DRsolutionuses.

SharePointguiding principles:· Becauseeveryorganizationisunique,donot usea standardapproachfor your solution.· Designfor high availabilityanddisaster recover first,then performanceand capacity.· TheSharePointdatabasesarethekey considerationinany highavailabilityor disaster recoverysolution.· Designfromthe bottomup.

OneDrivefor Businesslets yousyncyour MySite libraryor otherSharePointlibrarieson teamsitesto your computer.Youcanthenworkwithfiles intheselibrariesdirectlyin WindowsExplorer.You canaccessthese filesevenwhen you’reoffline .Updatesto filessyncwithSharePointwhenever you’reonline .

SharePointServer 2013 providesarich,intuitivenew browsingexperience.MinimaldownloadinSharePointServer 2013 providesa new

navigationframeworkthatsignificantlyimprovespageloadperformanceandmakesSharePointServer feellikea richapplication.Minimaldownloadisdesignedtoensurethata user receivesonlythedifferencebetweenthesourceanddestinationpageto minimizebandwidthandimproveoverallperformance.

Datacommunicationis optimizedtomorefullyuse availablebandwidthandtouse clientportsmoreefficiently.As aresultSharePoint2013deliverscontentquicker thanearlier versions.Additionally,contentthatuserscareaboutis presentedfirst.Usersdonot needtowait for theentirepageto render beforeusing contentona page.

EfficientFileI/O isdesignedtoreduce your storagefoobandwidth,andimproveperformance.Its filesavealgothatallwriteresourcesfor operationsthatupdatefilesarproportionaltothe sizeof thechangeinsteadof tothesiEfficientFileI/O enablesthestorageofincrementalupSharePointServer by breaking afileintopieces andstopiecesinSQL Server.

Whenanactivityis generatedinSharePointServer 2013,thefollowing occurs(thenumbersin thelistcorrespondtonumbersinthe figure):

Someactivitiesaresaved tothecontentdatabases.If theactivityis auser activityor siteactivity,theactivityis savedtothe MySitescontentdatabase.If theactivityis asite feedactivity,theactivityissavedin theteamsites contentdatabase.Tags anddocumentactivitiesarenotsavedtocontentdatabases.

Activitiesarewrittento theDistributedCache.

Updatesappear inthefeed. Usersreceivevisualindicatorstonotify themofnew updates.Whenauser refreshesthebrowser,the user seesupdates.

Whenconstructing feeds,suchas theFollowing or theEveryonefeed,thefollowing occurs(thelettersinthe listcorrespondtotheletters inthefigure):

Thefeedqueriesthe LastModifiedTimeCacheto retrievetimestampinformationandmetadataofrecentactivities.

Thisinformationisthenusedas inputtoquerythe FeedCacheto retrieveactivitydata.

Therequestedfeedis thenconstructedbyusing theactivitydataretrievedfrom theFeedCache.

For eachentity,theFeed Cacheassignsa portionofmemory,knownas acache bucket,tostorerecentactivitydatafor thatentity.Entitiesincludeusers,tags, sites,anddocuments.Cachebucketsonlystorerecentactivities.Manyc achebucketswillbe emptybecausesomeentitieswillnot haverecentactivities.Bydefault,recentactivitiesare keptfor sevendays.

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