Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010

Published: May 12, 2010

IT pros can use the content in the planning and architecture guides to develop conceptual, logical, and physical designs for configuring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 features, servers, and topologies. This section also provides recommendations for system designs based on customer scenarios and includes information to help IT pros design a highly reliable, consistently available, and scalable system.

Downloadable resources

Technical diagrams
Planning worksheets for SharePoint Server 2010
Video demos and training for SharePoint Server 2010
Downloadable planning guides:
- Planning for sites and solutions, Part 1 Subjects include site security, governance, and enterprise content management.
- Planning for sites and solutions, Part 2 Subjects include business intelligence, site creation, web content management, and enterprise search.
- Planning for server farms and environments Subjects include system requirements, authentication, and business continuity management.
- Capacity planning Subjects include sizing, performance testing, software boundaries, and capacity case studies.

Planning articles

Site and solution planning	Server and farm environment planning
Fundamental site components Security for sites and content Governance Social computing and collaboration Enterprise content management Web content management Managed metadata Business intelligence Business data and processes Access Services Quota management	System requirements Services architecture Logical architecture Authentication Security hardening Business continuity management Performance and capacity management Virtualization

Change History

Date	Description	Reason
May 12, 2010	Initial publication