Module 5: Managing Windows

SharePoint Services 3.0

Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sites

Managing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Server

Overview

Lesson 1: Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sites

Steps in the WSS 3.0 Site Management Process

Demonstration: How to Configure the Settings of a Site Collection

Considerations for Configuring the Settings of a Site Collection

Demonstration: How to Configure Site Settings

Considerations for Configuring Site Settings

Practice: Adding Additional Web Applications and Site Collections

Configure site collection settings

Configure individual site settings

Add additional site collections to an existing Web application and create a new Web application

Configure site collection settings

Configure individual site settings

Add additional site collections to an existing Web application and create a new Web application

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Steps in the WSS 3.0 Site Management Process

Demonstration: How to Configure the Settings of a Site Collection

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

Enable self-service site creation

Configure backup and restore functionality

Manage site quotas and set the storage limit

Configure site use confirmation and deletion

Considerations for Configuring the Settings of a Site Collection

Determine whether to:

Enable users to create sites

Perform backup and restoration on a regular basis

Apply quota template to a site collection or aWeb application

Perform backup using Graphical User Interface (GUI) or the command line

Configure site collection for site expiration and archiving

Demonstration: How to Configure Site Settings

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

Grant access rights to users

Create custom permission group

Administer user alerts

Make Web parts available in the Web part gallery

Considerations for Configuring Site Settings

Determine whether to:

Assign site permissions to domain groups within the WSS permission groups

Assign users to the lowest permission group

Assign full control permission to users

Allow group members to self-manage the group

Practice: Adding Additional Web Applications and Site Collections

Add additional Web application

Add additional site collection

Lesson 2: Managing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Server

Best Practices for Checking the WSS 3.0 Servers Weekly

Demonstration: How to Monitor the Site Collection Usage Weekly

Guidelines for Managing Server Scalability

Guidelines for Recovering Disk Space

Best Practices for Checking the WSS 3.0 Servers Weekly

Monitor site collection usage

Monitor RAM usage

Track event log

Demonstration: How to Monitor the Site Collection Usage Weekly

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

Enable Usage Analysis Processing

View Site Collection Usage

Guidelines for Managing Server Scalability

Monitor hard disk space

Identify performance issues

Guidelines for Recovering Disk Space

Archive old sites

Manage quotas

Truncate log files

Move content databases to a new hardware

Lab: Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Exercise 1: Managing Site Settings

Exercise 2: Troubleshooting WindowsSharePoint Services 3.0 Server Performance Issues

Day 2: Summary

Cite some problems that would arise if you do not configure alternate access mappings.

Explain the consequences that might arise if you do not follow one or more of the pre-upgrade best practices.

Have you faced situations where site collection usage was not monitored regularly? What kind of problems did you encounter and how did you resolve them?

Next Steps

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