SharePoint 2010: Technical Diagrams

Introduction

This posting is a refresh of the article, Technical Diagrams for SharePoint 2010, originally published July 9, 2010 in The Sean Blog.  Microsoft has significantly re-organized its SharePoint content, and SharePoint 2010 content is becoming increasingly difficult to find.  For example, the original URL to the SharePoint 2010 technical diagrams now navigates to technical diagrams for SharePoint 2013 and up.  I have checked each of the shortcuts Sean originally provided in this posting to ensure they are still valid; and providing updated URLs where existing ones no longer functioned.  I have also provided thumbnails of the diagrams for convenience.  While these SharePoint diagrams are outdated, I find much of their content still useful and accurate.  

Model Posters

SharePoint 2010 Products: Deployment Deployment stages and environments; installation and configuration		Visio PDF XPS
Services in SharePoint 2010 Products Updated services infrastructure, services listing and architectural examples		Visio PDF XPS
Cross-farm Services in SharePoint 2010 Products Cross-farm services, deploying services across farms, architectural examples,		Visio PDF XPS
Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010 Physical servers, service applications and components, and services on server; Small to medium topology examples; Large farm examples		Visio PDF XPS
Extranet Topologies for SharePoint 2010 Products Access scenarios; Forefront Secure Access Solutions; Extranet topologies		Visio PDF XPS
Hosting Environments in SharePoint 2010 Products Overview of hosting features and concepts; Enterprise hosting environments; Shared hosting environments		Visio PDF XPS
Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products Search technologies; Search model 1 of 4		Visio PDF XPS
Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Search technologies; Search model 2 of 4 Where are your users and content?; What content do you plan to include in search results?; How many farms do you have to plan for?		Visio PDF XPS
Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Search technologies; Search model 3 of 4 Physical and logical components; Physical and logical components; Additional example architectures		Visio PDF XPS
Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Search technologies; Search model 4 of 4 This poster will help you go through the initial design steps to determine a basic design for a Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 search architecture. Each successive step will help you refine the initial design by identifying key design drivers, starting with business requirements and metrics. You can use the outputs of each step to inform the next set of questions. After going through each step in this poster, you will be able to map business requirements and key performance metrics to a baseline search architecture.		Visio PDF XPS
Business Connectivity Services Model What are Business Connectivity Services?; Business Connectivity Services architecture; Business Connectivity Services Security; Creating solutions based on Business Connectivity Services Additional Article Reference: Business Connectivity Services overview (SharePoint Server 2010)		Visio PDF XPS
Content Deployment in SharePoint Server 2010 Overview of content deployment; Content deployment process flow; How many farms do you need?		Visio PDF XPS
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Planning Upgrade Model 1 of 4 Upgrade requirements; Upgrade process Additional Article Reference: Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 (download)		Visio PDF XPS
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Approaches Upgrade Model 2 of 4 Basic upgrade approach “building blocks”; Hybrid approaches: combine building blocks Additional Article References (still looking for these): Determine upgrade approach (SharePoint Server 2010), Upgrade process overview (SharePoint Server 2010)		Visio PDF XPS
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Test Your Upgrade Process Upgrade Model 3 of 4 Goals for testing your upgrade process; Steps for testing your upgrade process; Review other upgrade models Additional Article References: Testing and troubleshooting upgrade (SharePoint Foundation 2010)		Visio PDF XPS
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Services Upgrade Upgrade Model 4 of 4 Review updated services infrastructure in SharePoint Server 2010; Considerations for specific services; In-place upgrade with services; Database attach upgrade with services		Visio PDF XPS
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Upgrading Parent and Child Farms Choose an upgrade approach; Process for upgrading parent and child farms		Visio PDF XPS
Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 (Microsoft links no longer functioning - found at different site) Overview of Microsoft business intelligence; Platforms for business intelligence; SharePoint Server 2010 Insights; Architecture of SharePoint Server Service Applications for Business Intelligence		Visio PDF XPS
Databases That Support SharePoint 2010 Products Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010; Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Standard edition; Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Enterprise edition; SQL Server		Visio PDF XPS
SharePoint 2010 Products: Virtualization Process Using Hyper-V technology to virtualize servers; Requirements; Virtualization stages; Analysis		Visio PDF XPS

References

• Technical Diagrams for SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint 2013: Technical Diagrams
• Technical diagrams for SharePoint Server
• Technical diagrams (SharePoint Server 2010)
• Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010
• Business Intelligence in SharePoint 2010
• Getting Started: Introduction to the Business Intelligence Center