Optimizing Sharepoint - an IT Operations perspective : Tools

Client Side Performance Considerations

waynemo@microsoft.com — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:12:00 GMT

Recommendation : Help Users ensure that they have configured their computers optimally. Reason : Having the right combination of BIOS, drivers, and manufacturer tools is critical for a computer system performance and stability. Benefit : Optimizes the...(read more)

Real world things that were done to improve the performance on a MOSS Enterprise Portal

waynemo@microsoft.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:27:00 GMT

Over the past 2 years, I've spent may days and nights trying to optimize our MOSS Enterprise Portals' performance (i.e. rendering time). In the end, the 3 biggest perf gains came from the following: 1. moving from x32 to x64 OS 2. moving the farm content...(read more)

Automated or Silent or Unattended MOSS farm Installation and Configuration

waynemo@microsoft.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:17:00 GMT

As an Ops person, one of the things that excites me is automation and being able to use technology to make my life easier. At the MS Sharepoint Conference, Ben Curry from Mindsharp gave a great presentation on how to perform an automated install of a...(read more)