Chapter 3. SharePoint 2010: Architecture Fundamentals

Whether you’re a business user, manager, architect, developer, or IT pro, you’ll want to understand the fundamental structure and core terminology of SharePoint 2010, given it will influence many choices you make, such as internal business ownership and total hardware costs. After reading this chapter, you’ll understand the difference between sites and Site Collections, the difference between sites and pages, what service applications are, and why you may need as many as twenty servers or as few as one. Key sections of this chapter include

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