SharePoint Administrators must address SharePoint server issues quickly in order to keep their collaborative and functional environments operational. SharePoint is a complex system which requires focus on all its parts; otherwise it could break down completely and become an impediment to business operations.

Here are a few things a SharePoint Administrator must keep in mind when solving SharePoint issues:

1. Recognize SharePoint site problems unique to yours, such as performance degradation or unavailability.
2. Analyze Site Permissions. Ensure that users can access SharePoint resources with appropriate access permissions.
3. Verify SharePoint is running. Central Administration or PowerShell commands can be used for service status checking and restarting, if necessary.
4. Use SharePoint Health Analyst to quickly detect any problems with site collections.
5. Analyze ULS Logs (Unified Logging Service), looking for errors and warnings using SharePoint Diagnostic Studio or ULS Viewer to analyze them.
6. Investigate any customizations or third-party solutions, disable components as necessary or troubleshoot their operation.
7. The SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard can help repair or reconfigure SharePoint installations that have become corrupt.
8. You should regularly monitor the disk space available on SharePoint servers, databases and other systems to detect low diskspace which can cause performance issues.