Updated: 2008-08-28

Some design decisions that you make for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can have a lasting effect on your environment and affect how well the solution performs. There are also operational practices that can enhance performance and availability and provide a better experience for users and administrators. Many headaches experienced by administrators and users can be avoided by reviewing concise descriptions of best practices for designing and operating Office SharePoint Server 2007 environments. The articles in this section summarize current knowledge and research from Microsoft Consulting Services and the Office SharePoint Server 2007 product team into a must-read quick reference for key design decisions and operational practices. Each article briefly describes the best practices for a particular environment or product area and provides links for further reading.

Follow these best practices to help ensure that you avoid many common pitfalls and keep your Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment available and performing well. Use these articles as cheat sheets to help you get the most out of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

In this section:

• Best practices for operational excellence

• Best practices for publishing portals

• Best practices for team collaboration sites

• Best practices for Search in Office SharePoint Server

• Best practices for My Sites

• Best practices for capacity management