This presentation was given by Roel Hans Bethlehem as part of the Sparked Toolkit Session: SharePoint Nightmares.
It discusses Sharepoint transition from development to production: developers vs administrators & support, the deaf leading the blind?
3. Sharepoint: Transition from dev to support
How the programmer wrote it What operations installed How it was supported
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4. Sharepoint: Transition from dev to support
Case #1: Assumption is the mother of all screw ups
• Assumption: Client to delete all teamsites at
migration
• Did i verify it?
• Result: site went down due to search
engieoverloading Sharepoint
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5. Sharepoint: Transition from dev to support
Case #2: Prepare for the worst
Do you throw your artifacts over the wall?
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Or are you actually scripting deployment?
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Script & program defensively
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Ask for feedback
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7. Sharepoint: Transition from dev to support
Case #3: The misinformed consultant
• You make mistakes every single day
• When eating an elephant take one bite at a time
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8. How to avoid a Sharepoint Deployment Nightmare
Verify
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Educate yourself
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Communicate
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Know yourself
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