Architecture / SharePoint 2013
Host named site collections and MySites in SharePoint 2013
A cleaner URL model is worth having when the boundary between the farm and its identity service is planned deliberately.
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Architecture
Farm shape, site collection boundaries, hosting choices and the decisions that are expensive to undo.
Architecture is mostly the art of making later work possible. The entries here look at boundaries, service placement and capacity decisions before they become permanent.
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Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013
A working map of SharePoint 2010 and 2013 admin URLs
Knowing the right administrative path saves time, but only when you also know which web application it belongs to.
Architecture / Conferences / Presentations / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
A session on avoiding avoidable farm failures
The best disaster recovery talk is often a list of ordinary decisions that prevent the disaster.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
A short video guide to host named site collections
When a concept is mostly about boundaries, a diagram and a short demonstration can be clearer than a long definition.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Content database sizing after SharePoint 2010 SP1
A support limit is not a performance target. The gap between the two is where most sizing arguments begin.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010
Keeping the SharePoint web application count under control
Every web application adds a boundary, a pool and a set of dependencies. Some boundaries are worth it. Many are not.
Outside reading
Useful references
Keep the current product documentation close when applying advice from an older entry.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint administration (opens in a new tab)Operational guidance for service settings, site management and the modern admin experience.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint documentation (opens in a new tab)The starting point for current SharePoint administration, development and hybrid guidance.
- Microsoft Learn: Azure Architecture Center (opens in a new tab)Reference architectures and design guidance for resilient cloud workloads.
- Microsoft Learn: SQL Server documentation (opens in a new tab)Official reference material for database engine configuration, performance and recovery.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint search (opens in a new tab)Documentation for search architecture, crawling and result management.
- Microsoft Learn: PowerShell documentation (opens in a new tab)Language reference, cmdlet documentation and guidance for repeatable automation.
- PowerShell Gallery (opens in a new tab)A public repository for PowerShell modules and scripts. Review package provenance before use.
- Microsoft Learn: Server memory configuration (opens in a new tab)How SQL Server allocates memory and how the maximum server memory setting is applied.