General best practices

These best practices provide guidelines that can help you use Microsoft Provisioning System effectively.

Modify default properties only as necessary

• Many of the properties that you use Provisioning Manager to configure for provisioning servers and namespaces are set to specific defaults during installation. For instance, if you select impersonation during Microsoft Provisioning Framework (MPF) installation, MPF configures the client impersonation level property. Changing this property can prevent transactions from being processed. It is recommended that you modify properties only if you understand the impacts of making such a modification.

• For more information about using Provisioning Manager to administer the properties of provisioning servers and namespaces, see Using Provisioning Manager in Provisioning Manager Help.

Do not use MPF to save data for rollback for procedures

• Do not use Save data for rollback for any procedure unless the provider requires it. Doing so can have a significant impact on performance.

• For more information on this setting, see Maintaining and updating namespaces and procedures.

Set up multiple transaction log databases

• MPF load balances across multiple transaction log databases. To increase the availability of your transaction log databases, set up multiple transaction logs.

Important

• MPF does not support multiple audit log databases or multiple configuration databases.

  For more information on transaction logs, see Transaction logs and Administering transaction logs in Provisioning Manager Help. For more information on performance and availability, see Planning for availability and performance.