There  are  a  myriad  number  of  approaches  to  design  and architecture of SharePoint servers, not all of which are ideal, however.  Since  the  design  of  a  SharePoint  environment  is subsequently critical to its performance and functionality, it is critical to understand what are the best practices around SharePoint   infrastructure   design.   SharePoint   architects need  to  be  aware  of  the  various  installation  options,  how and  when  to  virtualize  SharePoint,  ways  to  optimize  the SQL  Database  tier  of  SharePoint,  and  how  the  newest version of SharePoint changes some of these best practices.

This session goes right to the heart of the matter, providing for physical and virtual architecture guidelines and specific configuration  settings  that  can  immediately  be  used  to construct best practice SharePoint 2010 environments that are  well  positioned  for  a  future  transition  to  SharePoint 2013.  Real  world  advice  obtained  from  the  presenter’s experience  designing  hundreds  of  production  SharePoint farms is provided, and the installation options are discussed frankly