Chapter 5: Farm and Services Configuration

SharePoint's key to success is the services it provides. In this chapter, we'll learn how to make all the necessary performance tweaks, as well as how to configure the services related to logging, monitoring, and integrating services that support content, plus other application integrations. SharePoint, as a product, changes with every version, so expect to see some changes in terms of how these services are configured and supported.

Security will also be reviewed in this chapter: besides the services SharePoint provides, we need to look at the service accounts that support them. Application pool best practices and other areas that can be configured will also be covered; there has always been some speculation on the best practices surrounding these areas of security and application pools. 

Knowing which services support which resources of the platform will also be mentioned in this chapter. We need to understand how to...