Tips to Fine-Tune performance of SharePoint Online

1. Image Optimization

Images make the overall design appealing but their size can greatly affect page loading speed that can have a huge impact on site performance. The ideal way to use images on a SharePoint Site is to use sprites approach (an image Sprite is a technique of showing multiple images on your site that are actually a portion of one larger image, as it reduces HTTP traffic since you are downloading more images in one request). Further, it is necessary to use image compression and image optimization techniques before using them on your site.

1. Minification and Bundling

Customization a web-page results in a lot of extra files being added to the server for support. The process of minification minimizes the size of these fields by removing extra white spaces and unnecessary characters. This reduces overall size of files and hence improves performance of site by giving low overhead on the server. Images can be bundled in an image sprite, as mentioned earlier.

1. Navigation Options

Choosing configuration options for SharePoint site makes significant impacts of performances. Options like, Managed (Metadata) navigation is recommended whereas Structural navigation is not recommended for better performance. Navigation providers work seamlessly with responsive page designs. Plus, they are scalable and are able to render without a resource cost. Cloud Service Providers need to focus on navigation options for better site results.

1. Delay Loading Images and JavaScript

Modern browser pre-fetch the images to be loaded within the HTML page. Another technique to make SharePoint Online site load efficiently is to delay loading images using JavaScript. Images will be loaded as the user scrolls towards it.

1. Use the Page Diagnostics Tool

Publishing pages using classic publishing can be a overhead on the SharePoint site. It is best to use page diagnostic tools for that purpose. Install it to your site to make publishing efficient.

1. Using Content Delivery Networks

Content Delivery networks or CDNs can increase SharePoint Online Performance. CDN is a worldwide network of different servers that host the same file simultaneously. In this way, the server that is closest to the user requesting that file, can serve the file in less time as compared to the main server located far away. Cloud Service Providers must take this into account.

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In order to get a legitimate answer, it is important to analyze different aspects like Scalability, Licensing etc. Microsoft SharePoint 2016 has significant benefits for businesses. In case of Scalability, it is important to analyze how Microsoft SharePoint 2016 is scalable without lowering performance of the system. There is even quite a good integration with Microsoft Office 365 which gives you quite a control over license costs per member of staff. This feature is most beneficial for small businesses and growing teams.

Upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Server

A Microsoft SharePoint upgrade is recommended when the existing version is SharePoint 2010 or higher. The taxonomy is well-informed. There needs to be a decent architecture of existing Site Collections and content databases. The content has to be properly distributed and folder structures should not be too shallow. It is best to upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint 2016 when Site templates are used that include Team Site, Document Center or Records Center. It is also necessary that the existing version shall be a lower version than the version which you are planning to upgrade to.

Migrating to Microsoft SharePoint Online

Executing a business content migration is not easy. In fact, consolidating legacy information into a latest environment is not an easy task either. There are many challenges, benefits and other technical considerations. Migrations are recommended when the original Document repository is not Microsoft SharePoint or it is not SharePoint 2010 or higher. It is better to migrate to Microsoft SharePoint online when architecture of taxonomy needs a redesign in your business. It is also best to opt when content is improperly distributed. If customer site templates were used for initial document repository site collection, it is better to migrate rather than upgrade because that makes up gradation overly complicated and costly.

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Content management is the core of every business. There is a dire need to have a content management system through which the creation, sharing, collaboration and storage of content can be centralized. A full fledge content management system is required to manage the above mentioned functionalities. However, there is no point having a cloud service if it can’t be handled smartly. Most of the times Hybrid is a more feasible solution for business today because of the innumerable benefits like:

1. Apps can be kept on-premises and when they are needed, they can be accessed from app launcher
2. The sensitive data can reside on-premises and need not be sent up to the cloud for storage. It can later be searched through hybrid taxonomy and a unified search
3. Content security is ensure by authenticating users accessing form different locations through a multi-factor authentication system
4. Collaboration gets effective by using business to business sites through extranets.

SharePoint Online and SharePoint server (On Premises) fulfill the essence of going hybrid.

SharePoint Online vs SharePoint Server (On Premises)

With SharePoint Online, services are offered as a SaaS model. Disaster recovery is handled by Microsoft Data Centers. There are annual subscriptions and Pay as you go model. Customizations are limited. In case of SharePoint Server, the whole system resides within the corporate network. Going hybrid with SharePoint hybrid model gives you the best of both the worlds.

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The Hybrid Model

With the hybrid SharePoint option, you need not get concerned for the scalability and security of systems; Microsoft takes care of that. Going hybrid combats Shadow IT making the environment securer. This way, the data and other content specific to business remains with you and is not sent to O365 (SP online). This is more important for companies who don’t want to share their data with a third party cloud providers due to its sensitive nature, or other legal terms. In such cases, Hybrid model is the solution. With its intelligent intranet and cool features of OneDrive, the collaboration and storage is not a problem anymore.

Hybrid federated search is a convenient way to implement, if multiple users are working in the same environment. The results are fetched from the index from the SharePoint Server and from the search index in Microsoft Office 365. The search Center displays search items in two different result blocks resulting in two different ranks being displayed to the user.

The MachSol way

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In SharePoint Online, If any of your Site Collections deleted accidentally Or intentionally and later on for some reasons you need to recover your deleted site even list or list items from SharePoint. Don’t worry, it is still possible to recover all your data. Removed sites moved to SharePoint Tenant Admin recycle bin and from where it can be recovered or can be deleted permanently.

The default retention period for any item is 93 days.

Sites deleted will remain in the SharePoint Tenant Admin Center’s recycle bin for 30 days. And from here you can recover your removed site collection.

After 30 days site collections will be removed from Admin Center Recycle Bin and can only be recovered Using PowerShell!

Recover SharePoint Online Site Collection using PowerShell.

In order to run cmdlet against SharePoint online you need to install “SharePoint Online Management Shell” and then use Connect-SPOService to gain access to your SharePoint online space through PS.

Once done, You can view deleted site collections and see how many days are left before each site collection is permanently deleted.

Run the below command to view the deleted site collections.

Get-SPODeletedSite

To restore a site collection, run the following command

Restore-SPODeletedSite -Identity https://Site-Collection-URL

NOTE : User running the above cmdlet must be a SharePoint Online global administrator and a site collection administrator for the deleted site collections.

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