Solutions Architecture

The same tenets that drive the makeup of the technical support organization also, not coincidentally, drive the overall solutions architecture. To reiterate, these are

  • Functional or “capability” requirements

  • Availability/high-availability requirements

  • Performance requirements

  • Scalability requirements

  • Security requirements

  • Administration requirements

  • Other requirements

Each of these becomes critical to the design and implementation of the individual server-based components within the overall SharePoint Portal Server solution. However, it makes good sense to step back a bit and analyze the portal solution from a holistic perspective prior to drilling down further.

Overview—the Portal System Landscape

During the life of the SharePoint ...

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