Technical Diagrams for SharePoint 2010
Complementing the Technical Diagrams for deploying Office 2010 post, here are the technical diagrams for SharePoint 2010. As I am a visual person, I find these to be more helpful than the written documentation at understanding key SharePoint concepts (I tend to use the written documentation if I need detailed step-by-step or clarification on a particular point).
As before, all diagrams are available in Visio, PDF, and XPS format:
SharePoint 2010 Products Deployment
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183024)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183025)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183026)
Presents such deployment-related information as the different deployment stages and environments, plus a flowchart that illustrates the steps for installing and configuring SharePoint 2010 Products.
Services in SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167090)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167092)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167091)
Describes and illustrates the services architecture, including and common ways to deploy services in your overall solution design.
Cross-farm Services in SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167093)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167095)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167094)
Illustrates how to deploy services across farms to provide centralized administration of services.
Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167087)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167089)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167088)
Describes common ways to build and scale farm topologies, including planning which servers to start services on.
Extranet Topologies for SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187987)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187988)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187986)
Illustrates the specific extranet topologies that have been tested with SharePoint 2010 Products. Provides a comparison of ISA Server, Forefront TMG, Forefront UAG when used as a firewall or gateway product with SharePoint 2010 Products.
Hosting Environments in SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167084)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167086)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167085)
Summarizes the support for hosting environments and illustrates common hosting architectures.
Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167731)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167733)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167732)
Compares and contrasts the search technologies that work with SharePoint Products 2010:
- SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Search Server 2010 Express
- Search Server 2010
- SharePoint Server 2010
- FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167734)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167736)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167735)
Walks through primary architecture design decisions for search environments.
Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167737)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167739)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167738)
Details the physical and logical architecture components that make up a search system and illustrates common search architectures.
Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167740)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167742)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167741)
Walks through the initial design steps to determine a basic design for a SharePoint Server 2010 search architecture.
Business Connectivity Services Model
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165565)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=165566)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165571)
Microsoft Business Connectivity Services are a set of services and features in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 that support integrating data from external systems into solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. This model poster describes the architecture of Microsoft Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010 and provides information about how to create solutions that are based on the service.
Use this model with the following article: Business Connectivity Services overview (SharePoint Server 2010)
Content Deployment in SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179391\&clcid=0x409)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179523\&clcid=0x409)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179524\&clcid=0x409)
Describes the content deployment feature in SharePoint Server 2010. It includes information about the following:
- Overview of content deployment
- Description of content deployment paths and jobs
- When to use content deployment
- Alternatives to content deployment
- Illustrates common content deployment farm topologies
- Illustrates and explains the overall content deployment process
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Planning
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167098)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167099)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167100)
Covers planning for an upgrade from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010. It includes information about the following:
- Upgrade requirements: Hardware, operating system, and database
- Upgrade process: specific steps to follow before, during, and after the upgrade
Use this model with the following article: Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Approaches
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167101)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167102)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167103)
Helps you understand the in-place, database attach, and hybrid approaches to upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.
- See the farm topologies before, during, and after upgrade
- Compare the advantages of each type of upgrade approach
Use this model with the following articles:
- Determine upgrade approach (SharePoint Server 2010)
- Upgrade process overview (SharePoint Server 2010)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Test Your Upgrade Process
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167104)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167105)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167106)
Explains the methodology for testing the upgrade process before upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.
- Understand the goals for testing your upgrade process: customizations, hardware, timing, planning
- See specific steps to follow for testing your upgrade process
Use this model with the following article: Use a trial upgrade to find potential issues (SharePoint Server 2010)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Services Upgrade
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167107)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167108)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167109)
Covers upgrading services from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.
- Considerations for specific services: Personalization, Search, InfoPath Forms, Excel, Business Data Catalog, Single Sign-on
- In-place upgrade with services
- Database attach upgrade with services
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Upgrading Parent and Child Farms
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=190984)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=190985)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=190986)
Covers the process for and considerations to keep in mind when you upgrade farms that share services (parent and child farms).
Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167082)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167170)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=167171)
Covers an overview of business intelligence in SharePoint Server and provides you with the following information.
- An overview of each business intelligence service and when you might use the service.
- Architecture for application of the business intelligence services and how they work together in a topology.
- A list of possible data sources for each business intelligence service.
Databases That Support SharePoint 2010 Products
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187970)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187969)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187971)
Describes the Microsoft SQL Server databases on which SharePoint Server 2010 runs.
SharePoint 2010 Products: Virtualization Process
- Visio (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195021)
- PDF (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195022)
- XPS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195023)
Provides guidance related to virtualization and the various stages of deployment, as well as requirements and examples.
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Thanks so much! Your instructions are very clear and helpful. I've been wondering how to do this for months and thrilled to find out how finally!
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