Hi folks

I am wondering if there is a guide for the maintenance of a SharePoint 2013 on premise environment. I am not an Administrator by any means, but was hoping there was something which describes step-by-step the essentials things I should be doing to ensure everything is running smoothly. 

Thanks in advance

Hi Red_Nation,

In SharePoint, there are too many functions that you need to check if they are working properly.

SharePoint 2013 includes a tool named SharePoint Health Analyzer that enables you to diagnose and resolve configuration, performance, and usage problems.

SharePoint Health Analyzer runs predefined health rules against servers in the farm.

A health rule runs a test and returns an alert that tells you the outcome of the test. You can use the SharePoint Central Administration website to view alerts and resolve problems.

More references:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663488.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219720.aspx

Thanks,

Victoria