Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway Planning and Design Guide - Now Available
Follow the simple, three-step process in this guide to successfully design Forefront Unified Access Gateway infrastructure.

Updated! Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology
Updated to include coverage of Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), this guide walks the reader through the process of selecting the right virtualization technology for each workload—in five steps or fewer.

New! Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
Streamline your planning and design process for implementing the Remote Desktop Services infrastructure by using the simple nine-step process presented in this guide. Use this guide to save time and clarify your design and planning process.

New! Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for DirectAccess
This guide provides actionable guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure. The guide’s easy-to-follow, four-step process gives a straightforward explanation of the infrastructure required for clients to be connected from the Internet to resources on the corporate network, whether or not the organization has begun deploying IPv6.

Now Available! Updated Deployment and Operations Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guides
The IPD Guide for Windows Deployment Services and IPD Guide for System Center Operations Manager are now updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Server® 2008 R2 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. These guides outline the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of these deployment and operations products.

Now Available! Updated Virtualization Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guides
The IPD Guide for Windows Server Virtualization and IPD Guide for System Center Virtual Machine Manager are now updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Server® 2008 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. These guides outline the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of these virtualization products.

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