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Installation and Deployment for SharePoint Foundation 2010

This page provides tools and resources for IT professionals to help you get ready to deploy Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and to perform the actual installation and deployment steps.

Deployment involves not just installing the software, but configuring the settings and services required for your solution, deploying customizations, and creating the sites you need.

 

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Image: Number 1Deployment model
  
Image: Number 2Hardware and software requirements
  
Image: Number 3Administrative and service accounts required for initial deployment

Models

Models are posters that detail a specific technical area. These models are intended to be used with corresponding articles on TechNet. You can download and modify the files to illustrate how you plan to incorporate SharePoint Foundation 2010 in your own environment.

SharePoint 2010 Products deployment

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This model presents deployment-related information such as the different deployment stages and environments, plus a flowchart that illustrates the steps for installing and configuring SharePoint 2010 Products.

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Hosting environments in SharePoint 2010 Products

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This model helps you understand hosting environments and provides an overview of the following:

  • Hosting features and concepts such as multitenancy, site subscriptions, and service partitioning
  • Enterprise hosting environments
  • Shared hosting environments

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Services in SharePoint 2010 Products

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This model describes the updated services infrastructure in SharePoint 2010 Products.

  • See architecture examples for a single farm
  • See a description of service applications

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Cross-farm services in SharePoint 2010 Products

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This model describes services shared across farms in SharePoint 2010 Products.

  • See the process for deploying services across farms
  • See architecture examples: enterprise services farm, specialized-service farms, cross-organization farms

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Blogs

SharePoint Team

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SharePoint IT Pro Documentation

SharePoint IT Pro Documentation

Forums

SharePoint 2010 Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation

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