Deployment stages and example topologies
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Here is a video explaining some of the great changes that SharePoint 2010 is bringing.
Some highlights:
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Information Architecture changes:
One feature I found cool that is explained in this video is that the web front ends (WFE) only store and transmit to the browser the changes in the files. This is a new client protocol which only transmits the deltas. This feature is cool, but it only works with Office 2010 files. What happens is that when you edit a document only the changes you make using Office Web Applications or the Client Office 2010 programs are uploaded to the SharePoint server. This saves bandwidth and time if you are working with large files.
Video Link – Windows Media
The attached .pdf explains the topologies for SharePoint Server 2010.
One of the first places I looked to understand SharePoint 2007 was the farm topologies.
This information is great to learn basic terminology and the possible scalable infrastructure of SharePoint.
Some additions that are different from SharePoint 2007 is the inclusion of service applications and components.
Link to Microsoft Download Center
