Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Designing and Architecting Solutions

Get the information you need to make good SharePoint design decisions

Determine the best design for your SharePoint implementation by gaining a deeper understanding of how the platform works. Written by a team of SharePoint experts, this practical guide introduces the Microsoft SharePoint 2013 architecture, and walks you through design considerations for planning and building a custom SharePoint solution. It?s ideal for IT professionals, whether or not you have experience with previous versions of SharePoint.

Discover how to:

• Dive deeper into SharePoint 2013 architecture components
• Gather requirements for a solution that fits your needs
• Upgrade from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to 2013
• Design service applications for performance and redundancy
• Provide the right storage plan for a SharePoint farm
• Map authentication and authorization requirements to your solution
• Take steps necessary to design a secure implementation
• Plan your business continuity management strategy
• Validate your SharePoint architecture to ensure success

• Introduction
• Planning for Microsoft SharePoint 2013
  • Chapter 1: Understanding the Microsoft SharePoint 2013 architecture
  • Chapter 2: Introducing Windows PowerShell and SharePoint 2013 cmdlets
  • Chapter 3: Gathering requirements
• Design considerations for Microsoft SharePoint 2013
  • Chapter 4: Understanding the service application model
  • Chapter 5: Designing for SharePoint storage requirements
  • Chapter 6: Mapping authentication and authorization to requirements
  • Chapter 7: Designing for platform security
  • Chapter 8: Upgrading your SharePoint 2010 environment
• Concepts for infrastructure reliability
  • Chapter 9: Maintaining and monitoring Microsoft SharePoint
  • Chapter 10: Planning your business continuity strategy
  • Chapter 11: Validating your architecture
• About the authors

Miguel Wood, MCPD, MCITP, MCSE, MCSD, MCT, is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) for SharePoint and a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for SharePoint 2010. His background includes mentoring organizations to better utilize technology to improve business processes.