OFC 200 Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Intranets Scott Fynn Microsoft Consulting Services National Practices

Welcome! Looking for a prescriptive, reliable, supported way to build intranets? Are you a partner or system integrator building offerings around intranets? You’re in the right place!

Agenda Overview Value Proposition Information Worker Solutions Group Accelerator Components Logical / Physical Architecture Documents / Tools Overview

Solution Accelerator for Intranets Documents and tools to give you a head start in designing high-availability intranet solutions with SharePoint 2003 Developed in close collaboration with SharePoint Portal Server product team Windows SharePoint Services product team Microsoft Product Support Internal pilot customers.

Solution Accelerator for Intranets Microsoft Solution for Intranets v2 Target audience: partners and large enterprises Goals Enable partners to rapidly deploy collaborative solutions & innovate within core competencies Develop “the” reference architecture for SharePoint Develop key deployment and operations tools Offer customized training for the partner community Free download! Availability: Office weeks

Value Proposition Faster time-to-market for solutions Architectural consistency Customer confidence in performance and availability Service offerings and solutions benefit from Microsoft's ongoing solution development efforts.

Background: Information Worker Solutions Group Develop solutions that integrate and extend primarily Office and SharePoint Drive Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services (STS) adoption Microsoft Office 2003 upgrade Function as a resource to product group Complement product direction Innovate ahead of the product cycle Learning/IP integrates into future product

Requirements Windows Server 2003 Windows SharePoint Services Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Office 2003

Accelerator Components Architecture Baseline infrastructure Scale out and scale up recommendations Each scenario is “highly available” Documentation Planning guide Build/Test guide Operations guide Tools Document creation Content creation Deployment Customized Services and Support

SharePoint Review Portal SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) object Shared Services Team Site Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) object Document Workspace Meeting Workspace “My” Site

Logical Architecture

Baseline Infrastructure All services run on a single farm Smallest highly available farm 5 servers 2 Web front-ends (with search component) 1 Index Management / Job server 2 SQL servers

Baseline Infrastructure

Scale Approach Scaled Physical Structure

Documentation Planning Guide Build and Test Guide Operations Guide

Planning Guide Organization of Content portals, team sites, areas Search Configuration Content sources, search scopes, indexes Project planning Phases, durations Support planning Helpdesk, requests, training Hardware selection and sizing Worksheets

Build and Test Guide Does not replace product setup documentation System setup Setup the base OS and core services Configure and test Network Load Balancing Setup and test SQL clustering Application configuration Corporate and divisional portals Shared services Search Profile import from Active Directory My Sites Team sites Adding servers to the architecture to enable growth

Operations Guide Validating the architecture Ensure high availability Build trust with partners and customers Testing methodology Usage profiles Test scripts Performance counters Operational best practices Backup/restore by server type Disaster recovery Performance monitoring Relevant performance counters Thresholds

Why Tools? This is a set of docs, why ship software? We want to give you the tools necessary to prove scalability and availability.

Tools Document generator Build thousands of random Office documents Content producer Populate your Intranet with test content! Create sites, lists, document libraries. etc.. Scriptable command line tool (XML driven) Web Part Mover Deploy custom web parts to a farm. Load simulation scripts Application Center Test (ACT) scripts

The Opportunity Extend the SharePoint platform to provide rich vertical collaborative applications Add value with your experience and core competencies

Call To Action Send feedback to New Markets Team Catch-up on the current release: Get trained on the Office System products Get excited about the opportunities!

VARs and Partners: Help us understand your business! If you are a Value Added Reseller working with small business, we need your help! Survey available on TechEd web site Go to Resources page -> Focus Groups Link to online survey Less than 15 minutes to complete Help us plan the next release of Office!

Suggested Reading And Resources The tools you need to put technology to work! TITLE Available Microsoft® Office 2003 Resource Kit: /24/03 Microsoft Press books are 20% off at the TechEd Bookstore Also buy any TWO Microsoft Press books and get a FREE T-Shirt

Community Resources Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Newsgroups Converse online with Microsoft Newsgroups, including Worldwide User Groups Meet and learn with your peers

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