Best Practices

• Review Chapter 2 before installing SharePoint 2010 into a production environment.

• Create multiple service accounts for use by SharePoint. Do not use a single service account, and do not use any domain admin accounts for SharePoint.

• Do not use any of the standalone installation options for a production environment.

• Use the latest version of Windows Server and SQL Server whenever possible. At the time of publishing, this included Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

• Seriously consider deploying SQL Server on a separate server from SharePoint. Review the supported farm topologies from Chapter 2.

• Patch the operating system with all critical updates before installing SharePoint.

• Patch SharePoint 2010 with all ...

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