Chapter 4: Installation Concepts

In this chapter, we will discuss SQL and SharePoint installation concepts and how to craft installations to fit the requirements your team is trying to build to support the infrastructure. In my travels, I have seen instances where many companies did not pay much attention to these initial steps on how the farm was installed, which later made it difficult to make changes in the infrastructure. We must take into consideration the different versions of software we should be using to make our infrastructure and project successful by implementing features that support our final build goals. Your server resource platform, as well as the version of the software, plays a big part in the infrastructure requirement efforts you are trying to support.

During our build, we must also pay attention to the configuration settings that also come into play to support the users in your community as these settings can make a difference in how the farm supports user...