Microsoft® SharePoint™ 2003 Unleashed, Second Edition

Best Practices

• Try to maintain the network environment's systems periodically to avoid any inefficiency.

• Audit not only to identify security breaches or suspicious activity, but also to gain insight into how the network, network devices, and systems are accessed.

• Enable audit policies through the local system policy or Group Policy objects.

• Remotely manage a SharePoint system using Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Remote Desktop for Administration, scripting, and command-line utilities.

• Use Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 to proactively manage SharePoint Portal Server 2003 systems.

• Identify tasks important to the system's overall health and security.

• Thoroughly test and evaluate service packs and updates in a lab environment before installing ...