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Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide series provides concise planning guidance for Microsoft infrastructure products. IPD guides help to streamline and clarify design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.

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IPD guides provide:

  • Concise planning guidance to design an infrastructure for Microsoft technologies
  • A means to validate design decisions with the business to ensure that the solution meets the requirements of both business and infrastructure stakeholders
  • Identification of the critical decisions that need to be addressed and available options
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Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series

New IPD Guide for System Center 2012 - Service Manager!
This guide can help your organization more quickly benefit from this platform for automating and adapting IT Service Management best practices such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). This guide takes you through an easy-to-follow process for successfully designing the servers and components of a Service Manager implementation.
NEW! Service Management for the Private Cloud
This white paper from our sister team, MOF, will help you take advantage of service management principles to maximize the benefits of the private cloud. Apply service management to get several benefits out of the private cloud, such as elasticity, scalability, automation, and reduced time to market.
Updated! IPD guide for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 and Forefront Endpoint Protection
This guide has been updated for R3 and now includes Forefront Endpoint Protection! This guide leads the reader through the process of planning a Configuration Manager infrastructure and optionally a Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) infrastructure. The guide has been revised to include new enhancements in Configuration Manager 2007 R3 such as enhanced scalability and performance, power management, operating system deployment improvements and more.

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  • AKOS Technology Services relies on IPD guides for enhanced consulting service delivery, helping to reduce administrative complexity and maximize IT investment value.

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