Welcome to Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions. The purpose of this book is to help Microsoft SharePoint professionals understand the Microsoft SharePoint 2013 architecture and give them the tools they need to be successful in planning, designing, building, and validating infrastructure architectures. As with previous versions of SharePoint, SharePoint 2013 contains many features with which you will be familiar. Some features have not changed at all; others will have changed, but at a high level, and will provide similar functionality that will not be new to you. However, there are new components that you will need time to understand fully before you can decide how they will benefit you and your organization.
With this version of SharePoint, Microsoft focuses on various implementations whether they exist on premises, in the cloud, or a combination of the two. With the focus now on social collaboration and the ability to share content in a variety of ways, how you build your implementation will define how users can share, organize, discover, build, and manage ideas and content in a SharePoint environment.
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:
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Dive deeper into SharePoint 2013 architecture components
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Gather requirements for a solution that fits your needs
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Upgrade from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to 2013
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Design service applications for performance and redundancy
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Provide the right storage plan for a SharePoint farm
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Map authentication and authorization requirements to your solution
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Take steps necessary to design a secure implementation
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Plan your business continuity management strategy
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Validate your SharePoint architecture to ensure success
