AnapproachtosolutionarchitectureforSharePointProductsandTechnologiesDatepublished:September2008Summary:WhenyouworkwithWindows®SharePoint®Services3
0andMicrosoft®OfficeSharePointServer2007deployments,youmustensurethatthearchitectureofthedeploymentisintuitivetoyourusers,willscaleandgrowwithyourbusinessovertime,andimportantly,thatitperformswell
Thefirststageofarchitectingascalablesolutionistodesignanddeployaserverfarm
However,youmustalsodesignappropriateinformationarchitectureforthesolutionsandinformationdeployedonthatserverfarm
Byarchitectingtheinformationstructureandsolutiondeployment,youcanimprovetheefficiencyofyourWindowsSharePointServices3
0orOfficeSharePointServer2007deployments
Thispaperdescribesonewaytodesignyourinformationarchitecturebyusingmetadata,sitecolumns,contenttypes,andmanage