Best Practices

• Create installation checklists to manage the installation process for a complex SharePoint 2010 environment.

• Use best practices for web applications, including configuring web applications for Kerberos security, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, and load balancing using Windows NLB or hardware-based load balancers.

• Manage content growth through site quotas and monitoring solutions, such as System Center or third party products.

• Use site collections to scale SharePoint to varying groups with different security needs.

• Use IIS websites mapped to SharePoint web applications to manage varying types of web-based access to SharePoint sites, such as SSL-encryption or different host headers.

• Use a different SharePoint farm for the ultimate layer of security for a SharePoint environment, beyond what is provided by different site collections or web applications.

• Map SharePoint’s functionality with the specific user needs of the organization.