Farm topology management (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

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Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

This chapter describes how to add servers to a farm, how to rename servers, and how to remove servers from a farm.

Topology examples are available that can be used as a template for building out a farm. For more information, see the Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010 model in the Technical diagrams (SharePoint Foundation 2010) article.

The following tasks are part of managing the topology of a farm:

  1. Add a Web or application server to the farm (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

    This article describes how to add Web servers to a farm.

  2. Add a database server to an existing farm (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

    This article describes how to add a database server to a farm.

  3. Rename a stand-alone server (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

    This article describes how to rename a stand-alone server.

  4. Remove a server from the farm (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

    This article describes how to remove a server from a farm.