SharePoint Performance Issues and Solutions to Them

Slowness is one of the common problems that SharePoint users face. If a page loads slowly or someone has trouble accessing a document, it’s clearly a waste of time and a pain in the neck. And since we need to deal with most SharePoint-stored data real-time, this is absolutely unacceptable. Here are some of the most common reasons why your SharePoint product slows down.

Missing dependencies. One reason SharePoint may bog down is that the server allots resources to identify lost server-side dependencies. The reason behind this may lie in abandoned sites and lost files, which, as a result, interferes with upgrades installation.

The solution to the problem is quite simple. All you need to do is just remove the missing dependencies.

Too many large files. Most of the files stored in SharePoint are too large to be housed on SQL server. This concerns PowerPoint presentations, videos, images and Excel files.

The solution is as simple as that: move these files away from the server to a third-party storage location.

Inactive content taking up SQL server storage space. Did you know that more than 60% of your SharePoint content has already lost its value and is completely of no use? Many companies waste storage space by keeping obsolete files together with the active content, which affects performance of both SharePoint and SQL server.

The issue is resolved by moving inactive content to less valuable storage while still keeping it available for your employees.

Companies that use SharePoint as a corporate intranet and collaborative workspace are all too well aware that SharePoint performance problems cost employees’ time, effort and, surely, nerves. This makes your staff resort to other collaboration tools and services, which eventually turns out to be another disruption to business continuity. Therefore, it’s crucial that your SharePoint product operates flawlessly, otherwise it will affect the productivity of your business.

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