1.2. Planning SharePoint 2007 Architecture

Before you start reaching for the SharePoint 2007 installation disk and slipping it in the server you plan to use to start building your site collection, you will need to develop a plan for the layout and deployment of SharePoint's architecture. This is a lot like saying before you build a house, you first have to draw up the blueprints, but it's not as simple as that. As the architect for your company's SharePoint implementation, you have several major tasks before you:

  • Architecting with SharePoint components

  • Architecting SharePoint server farms, shared services providers (SSPs), and topologies

  • Architecting the SQL database infrastructure

1.2.1. Architecting with SharePoint Components

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