SharePoint technical diagrams ( are really quite functional)

I just got Asif Rehmani weekly email from SharePointeLearning. One of his bullets this week was to point out the existence of SharePoint Technical Diagrams.

I knew Microsoft made developer and architecture diagrams, but I had no idea they also published some more functional diagrams!

In the list you can find:
– Design Sample: Corporate Portal with Classic Authentication (architecture)
– Design Sample: Corporate Portal with Claims-based Authentication (architecture)
– Products Deployment (architecture / functional)
– Services in SharePoint 2010 Products (architecture)
– Cross-Farm Services in SharePoint 2010 Products (architecture)
– Toplogies for SharePoint Server 2010 (architecture – Planning phase)
– Extranet Topologies (architecture – planning phase)
– Hosting Environments in sharePoint 2010 Products (architecture – Planning phase)
– Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products (Functional)
– Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (Functional)
– Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (architecture)
– Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (Architecture, Planning Phase)
– Global Solutions for SharePoint 2010 Products (Architecture, Functional)
– Business Connectivity Services Model (Architecture, Functional)
– Content Deployment in SharePoint Server 2010 (Functional)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Planning architecture – Planning phase)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Approaches architecture – Planning phase)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Test Your Upgrade Process architecture – Planning phase)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Services Upgrade architecture – Planning phase)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 — Upgrading Parent and Child Farms architecture – Planning phase)
– Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 (Functional)
– Databases That Support SharePoint 2010 Products (Functional)
– SharePoint 2010 Products: Virtualization Process architecture – Planning phase)
– Governance for SharePoint Server 2010 (Functional)
– Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP (Functional)
– Excel Services data refresh flowchart (Functional)

All diagrams come in PDF, XPS and VSD format, so get your pick!

About: Marijn

Marijn Somers (MVP) has over 14 years experience in the SharePoint world, starting out with SP2007. Over the years the focus has grown to Office 365, with a focus on collaboration and document management. He is a business consultant at Balestra and Principal Content Provider for "Mijn 365 Coach" that offers dutch employee video training. His main work tracks are around user adoption, training and coaching and governance. He is also not afraid to dig deeper in the technicalities with PowerShell, adaptive cards or custom formatting in lists and libraries. You can listen to him on the biweekly "Office 365 Distilled" podcast.