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Synchronizing Geo-Distributed SharePoint v

Larry Wolter

Director, Product Marketing, Metalogix

Daniel Cohen-Dumani

Founder and CEO, Portal Solutions

Pamela James Brooks

Solutions Engineer, Metalogix

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Agenda

Centralized SharePoint

SharePoint Global Architectures

SharePoint Availability

Distributed SharePoint and High Availability

Issues with SQL and Out of the Box SharePoint Solution

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Centralized SharePoint

Local users are happy. Collaboration increases.

What about distant or remote users?

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Central Farm Deployment

Source: Global Architectures for SharePont Server 2013, MicrosoftSource: Global Architectures for SharePont Server 2013, Microsoft

“Remote users who access content hosted on a Centralized SharePoint server must access across a WAN or other network link. This can result in a slow end-user experience and excessive bandwidth consumption charges for the organization.”

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What version of SharePoint are you using?

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⃝ SharePoint Online⃝ 2013⃝ 2010⃝ 2007⃝ 2003⃝ Not sure

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Microsoft Recommends

Redesigning pages for faster downloads

Using WAN accelerators

Optimizing the entire network

Costly solutions that mask the real problem

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Disconnected Farms

Microsoft: “Deploying more than one farm greatly

increases complexity.”

Siloed content

Governance and Compliance harder to implement

Cost associated with managing each farm individually

Duplication of resources

No single source of truth

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SQL AlwaysOn Groups and Clusters

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Asynchronous

Synchronous (Real Time)

One-way only

Live, bi-directional mirroring within a farm

Microsoft says “Forcing failover is a last resort...”

Mission critical and non-essential content are treated equally

Effects SharePoint performance without fast network

Does not affect SharePoint performance

Active-Passive support only – Reduced RTO and RPO

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SharePoint Availability Options

In-farm Redundancy for Server Failures

Does not include database servers

No availability during power or network outages

No availability during system upgrades

Stretch farms introduced with SharePoint 2010

Costly network infrastructure requirements

Not supported in 2013 – availability delegated to DB

Limited Capability – Reduced RTO and RPO

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Do you have a distributed workforce (offices or

workers 300+ miles from headquarters)?

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⃝ Yes⃝ No

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Replication Value

• Sync geographically-distributed SharePoint

− Data availability during communication loss

• 24x7x365 SharePoint availability

• Active fault-tolerance and fail-over (COOP)

• Limit content sync for security, privacy, and compliance reasons

• Sync between SharePoint versions

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Benefits

Keeping distant users engaged and active

Making content available during disruptions

Sharing information with agencies and partners

Supporting global access

Providing fast continuous access of content to all users

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Challenges

Remote offices need latest content

to be productive

Difficult to integrate content over multiple

SharePoint farms

Inability to quickly recover from outages

Low bandwidth and high latency slow

worker performance

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Impact

Downtime threatens key operations and

wastes money

Regulatory / compliance risks

Mission critical SharePoint apps

at risk

Unhappy remote users don’t fully

adopt SharePoint

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Common Replication Scenarios

Multi-homing

Sync across all SharePoint versions

On-premises / cloud sync

Intranet/extranet sync

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Content You Can Synchronize

Original Content

Structure, Collections

SecurityPermissions

Workflows

Web Parts Look and Feel Social Data Video & Data

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What system/solution have you deployed for

synchronization?

⃝ Third-party replication solution⃝ SQL Database Mirroring ⃝ SQL AlwaysOn⃝ Virtual machine replication solution⃝ Traditional backup and restore⃝ Other⃝ Not sure

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Major Use Cases

Geographic Synchronization- Fast reliable access to SharePoint for a global workforce• Sync critical operation centers and content• Deliver fast access to content to all users• Synchronize all geographically dispersed SharePoint farms• Extend SharePoint content to customers and partners• Sync content over poor or challenged networks

Always On - Ensuring high availability for SharePoint content• Decrease Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point

Objective (RPO)• Content available during planned and unplanned outages• Continuity of operations (COOP)

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Distributed SharePoint via Replication

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Distributed SharePoint via Replication

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Distributed SharePoint via Replication

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Replicated SharePoint

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OVERVIEW

SharePoint content from HQ to ships goes over satellite networks and requires high level of bandwidth

Satellite bandwidth is unreliable and at a premium since it competes with on-board internet cafes and phones

Stay in compliance with the International Safety Management (ISM) code

CHALLENGES

Better able to address deployment issues and concerns around metadeta and versioning

Metalogix Replicator ensured reliable connectivity even during network latency

Uses minimal bandwidth since only replicates changes, not entire documents

RESULTS

Norwegian Cruise Line

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U.S. Air Forces Central Command

Located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, U.S. Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) serves as the air component for a 27-nation area within the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility.

Their Areas of Responsibility include the Middle East and Central Asia and support the efforts of our deployed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

OVERVIEW CHALLENGE

Ensure continuity of operations (COOP)

Redundant farm failover capability during outages

Content is available during communication isolation

Increased productivity with faster access to content

Point of authority content maintained

RESULTS

Majority of staff have short tours and high turnover

Disjointed flow of information

Needed both a failover system and a way to give everyone access to each other’s files

Reconcile intranet, internet and extranet

Connect main base with 9 other bases across multiple countries, including some with satellite feeds

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Air Forces Central Command

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Demonstration

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Key Differentiators

Immediate, live, bi-directional replication for all SharePoint types

Replicate even over low bandwidth or challenged networks

Synchronize across larger, dispersed, multi-farm SharePoint

deployments

Replication across any combination of SharePoint version or

editions - 2007, 2010, 2013

Install and use within SharePoint - No additional software to run

and manage

Capabilities

Synchronize Multiple Farms across

Critical Operation Centers

Enable fail-over between farms to

provide High Availability to all

content during disruptions

Securely exchange content between

Domains, Intranets and Extranets

Synchronize. Replicate. Collaborate.The Most Powerful Way To Sync Multiple SharePoint Farms

Metalogix Replicator

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