Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Series Introduction

2. The IPD Approach

The IPD series is a collection of documents that will lead the reader through a sequence of core decision points to design an infrastructure for Microsoft products. Every guide uses this methodological approach and shares a consistent look and feel.

These guides are structured and intended to complement and augment the product documentation. Although the guides educate readers on the key design decision points that infrastructure professionals must understand, they are not intended to provide a feature education for a particular technology. However, additional references are provided, linking to further information on the technology.

Each release in the series addresses a unique infrastructure technology or scenario and will ...