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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 Architectural Models

This poster describes the SharePoint, Microsoft Azure, and SharePoint Server 2016 on-premises configurations that business decision makers and solutions architects need to know about.

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SharePoint in Microsoft 365, Azure, and SharePoint on-prem configurationsPDF
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This poster describes four architectural models:
SharePoint (SaaS) - Consume SharePoint through a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription model.
SharePoint Hybrid - Move your SharePoint sites and apps to the cloud at your own pace.
SharePoint in Azure (IaaS) - You extend your on-premises environment into Microsoft Azure and deploy SharePoint 2016 Servers there. (This item is recommended for High Availability/Disaster Recovery and dev/test environments.)
SharePoint On-premises - You plan, deploy, maintain, and customize your SharePoint environment in a datacenter that you maintain.

Microsoft SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 MinRole Topology

This poster shows the recommended MinRole topologies in a SharePoint on-premises environment.

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This poster shows the different recommended MinRole topologies that can be deployed in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 environments. It also shows the associated services that are provisioned with each role type.

SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 Databases

This poster shows the databases that support SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019.

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This poster is a quick reference guide to the databases that support SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019. Each database has the following details:
Size
Scaling guidance
I/O patterns
Requirements
The first page contains the SharePoint system databases and the service applications that have multiple databases.
The second page shows all of the service applications that have single databases.
For more information about the SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 databases, see Database types and descriptions in SharePoint Server

Search in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019

These posters describe search architectures in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019.

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Search Architectures for SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019
Poster with an overview of the search components and search databases, how they interact, and an example of a search architecture built of these components and databases.
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This poster gives an overview of the search architecture in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019. It describes the search components and databases in the search architecture and how these search components and databases interact. It also shows an example of a medium-sized search farm.
Enterprise Search Architectures for SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019
Poster describing the search components and databases, three model architectures for enterprise search, hardware requirements and scaling considerations.
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This poster gives an overview of enterprise search architecture in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019. It shows sample search architectures for small, medium, and large-sized enterprise search farms. It also gives scaling considerations and hardware requirements.
Internet Sites Search Architectures for SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019
Poster describing the search components and databases, a model architecture for Internet sites search, hardware requirements, scaling considerations, and performance considerations.
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This poster gives an overview of the search architecture for Internet sites in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019. It shows a sample search architecture for a medium-sized search farm. It also gives performance considerations and hardware requirements.