10231 - Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure

Introduction

Prerequisites http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10231B&Locale=en-us
Exam Info - 70-668
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-668
Learning Plan - 70-668
http://learning.microsoft.com/manager/LearningPlanV2.aspx?resourceId=b933657e-5cbe-4136-ba64-65d52503208f&clang=en-US&cats=d4e8e42c-3d5a-4a6e-915d-d99556a49bd7
Information Worker Demo SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27417

Design Worksheets
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262451.aspx

Design Checklist
http://nikspatel.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/checklist-for-designing-and-implementing-sharepoint-2010-extranets-things-to-consider/

Module 1 - Designing a Logical Architecture
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/11/web-application-vs-site-collection-vs.html
Visio Shapes
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/10/planning-and-design.html

SharePoint Products (TechNet)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428287.aspx
Sites using SPS
http://www.wssdemo.com/livepivot
http://www.topsharepoint.com/
Licensing Details
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Licensing-Details.aspx
Overview with Diagrams
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx

Module 2 - Planning Service Applications
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/versions.html

Check out the version comparison
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/product/Pages/Features.aspx
Share service applications across farms
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621100.aspx

Module 3 - Planning for Performance and Capacity
Performance and capacity test results and recommendations (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608068.aspx
SharePoint (Performance, Stress ) Load Testing - Great article
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2010/04/20/sharepoint-2010-performance-stress-load-testing.aspx
HP Sizer - Good third party tool - Microsoft sizer status unknown http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html
Old article for 2007
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2009/04/18/sharepoint-performance-stress-load-testing.aspx
SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits (TechNet) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

Capacity management and sizing overview for SharePoint Server 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff758647.aspx
Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2010 (5 step plan)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff758645.aspx

SharePoint Topologies

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=6096

Monitoring and maintaining SharePoint Server 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff758658.aspx

Cache settings operations

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261797.aspx

Plan for caching and performance

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424404.aspx

Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx

Database types and descriptions

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678868.aspx
SharePoint 2010 Shared Service Architecture
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spses/archive/2010/01/20/sharepoint-2010-shared-service-architecture-part-1.aspx

Build SharePoint 2010 for Redundancy and Availability (TechNet Magazine)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg454220.aspx
Plan for availability
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx
Plan for RBS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628583.aspx
Failover Admin DB
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=202

Module 4 - Designing a Physical Architecture
Small Scale Farm design
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/enterprisesearch/archive/2010/06/15/sharepoint-search-2010-in-a-small-scale-farm-hardware.aspx
Hardware and software requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx
Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx

Recovery Model Overview

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189275.aspx

Choosing the Recovery Model for a Database

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175987(SQL.100).aspx

High Availability with SQL Server 2008

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523927(SQL.100).aspx
topologies for SharePoint 2010
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167089.

Design content deployment topology

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262004.aspx

Plan for availability

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748824.aspx
Swap File (Interesting Article)
http://blogs.kma-llc.net/microknowledge/2011/06/dont-forget-about-me-if-by-me-you-mean-the-page-file-on-a-sharepoint-server.html
Swap File from TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff805055.aspx
SQL and SharePoint
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlgardner/archive/2012/11/14/pass-summit-2012-session-slides.aspx

Virtualization
Virtualization for SharePoint Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff602849.aspx
Plan virtual architectures
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607811.aspx
Best practices for virtualization (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh295699.aspx
Module 5 - Designing a Security Plan

Account permissions and security settings
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678863.aspx
Determine permission levels and groups http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262690.aspx
Plan site permissions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262778.aspx
Security planning for sites and content http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262939.aspx
Choose security groups
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261972.aspx
Manage permission policies for a Web application
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608071.aspx

Module 6 - Planning Authentication
More from SharePoint Galaxy
ADFS
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/adfs.html
Authentication Overview - Links to ADAM Anonymous MOSS Kerberos Claims ADFS
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharepoint-authentication.html
Migrating a Web Application from Windows Classic to Windows Claims in SharePoint 2010
http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/06/12/migrating-a-web-application-from-windows-classic-to-windows-claims-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx
Plan authentication methods (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc262350.aspx
Configure forms-based authentication for a claims-based Web application
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee806890.aspx
Plan for Kerberos authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806870.aspx
Step by step using Live ID
http://blog.fpweb.net/claims-authentication-windows-live-id-for-sharepoint-2010/
Visual Guide
http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Visual-guide-to-Windows-Live-ID-authentication-with-SharePoint-2010-part-1.aspx
Kerberos Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806870.aspx
SiteMinder - more help here
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnlee/archive/2010/12/16/sharepoint-2010-federated-with-siteminder-sts.aspx

Module 7 - Planning Manage Metadata
from TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee530389.aspx
Performance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681889.aspx
Resource Center
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff924923.aspx

Module 8 - Planning Social Computing
More from TEch Bytes
http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2011/01/10174-sharepoint-2010-installation-and.html#user_profile
User Profile Service
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662538.aspx

Module 9 - Designing Enterprise Search
from TEch Bytes
http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2011/01/10174-sharepoint-2010-installation-and.html#search

Module 10 - Planning Enterprise Content Management
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/search/label/ecm

Module 11 – BI
Overview  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/overview-of-business-intelligence-capabilities-in-microsoft-sharepoint-server-HA101843646.aspx?CTT=1
Secure Store Service
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806889.aspx
BI Resource Center on TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee692578

Module 12 - Governance Planning
Governance Resource Center
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800826.aspx
Governance sample guides
2010 Guideshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff598584(v=office.14).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc789336(v=office.14).aspx
2007 Guides
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200904&clcid=0x409
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201244&clcid=0x409
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201245&clcid=0x409
planning document management policy
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200906&clcid=0x409.
content approval and versioning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201250&clcid=0x409.
records management planning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201251&clcid=0x409.
planning for eDiscovery
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201252&clcid=0x409
planning information management policies
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200906&clcid=0x409
content types and workflow planning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200908&clcid=0x409.
default blocked file types
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201253&clcid=0x409.
managed metadata service applications
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201254&clcid=0x40
managing customizations
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=92311
planning sandboxed solutions
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200909&clcid=0x409

Module 13 - Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

More from SharePoint Galaxy
Maintenance
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/11/sharepoint-maintenance.html
Troubleshooting
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharepoint-troubleshooting-tools.html
More on Updates
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepoint-updates-cu-and-service-packs.html

Database Maintenance
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc825316(office.14).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff871917.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678868(v=office.14).aspx
Support for changes to the databases that are used by Office server products and by Windows SharePoint Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841057/en-us?sd=rss&spid=14944
SharePoint Admin Toolkit
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508851.aspx
Log Viewer
ULS viewer
Fiddler2
 http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/
Microsoft Visual Round Trip Analyzer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd188562.aspx
VRTA download
 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21462
Performance Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262971.aspx

Module 14 - Planning Business Continuity

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287757(v=office.14).aspx
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2012/02/dr.html

Module 15 - Planning for Upgrade
SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Resource Center

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800847.aspx
More on Updates from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepoint-updates-cu-and-service-packs.html

Module 15 - Planning for SharePoint Online
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2012/04/office365.html

Summary
Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010

One stop shop from TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx
Plan for sites and solutions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc789336.aspx

Global
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg441255.aspx

Additional Info
Book List
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepointbooks.html
Business Connectivity Services security overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee661743.aspx
Setup and config of BCS and Secure Store
http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/how-to-create-configure-consume-sharepoint-2010-secure-store-in-business-connectivity-services/

Tech Diagrams
Visio Shapes
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21480

More diagrams
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199.aspx

Security planning for sites and content (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262939.aspx

Plan site permissions (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262778.aspx

Determine permission levels and groups (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262690.aspx

Account permissions and security settings (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678863.aspx

Manage permission policies for a Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608071.aspx

Choose security groups (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261972.aspx