MOSS 2007: Planning and Architecture

Planning a system based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 involves following steps at a high level.

• SharePoint Sites and Solution Planning




• Plan overall design


• Governance Model


• Web site structure and publishing


• Personalized Content and Sites


• Workflows


• Infopath Forms Services


• Business Intelligence


• Enterprise Search


• Plan Communication


• Document Management


• Records Management


• Site and Content Security


• Site Creation and Maintenance




• Infrastructure Planning




• System Requirements


• Server Farms and Topologies


• Logical Architecture


• Authentication


• Security Hardening


• Performance and Capacity


• Database Storage and Management


• Data Protection and Recovery


• Globally Deploying Multiple Farms





PS: I will be publishing individual tasks involved under each of these activities in the upcoming posts.