Deployment overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

Deployment overview (SharePoint Server 2010): "Deployment overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

Updated: 2009-11-12

[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

This article provides information about deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The goal of this article is to provide information that can help you and your teams make fundamental decisions about deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server-based solutions in your organization.

A SharePoint Server solution can vary in complexity and size, depending on your business requirements.

The ideas presented in this article apply equally to all businesses—at the end of the deployment process you and your team want to have a SharePoint Server-based solution up and running.

In this article:

* Concepts

* Farm topologies

* Applying the information technology lifecycle to SharePoint 2010 Products

* Deployment scenarios

* Deploying a pilot or production farm"