Sharepoint 2013 related guidance for IT Architects

1. Sharepoint 2013: Practical
Architecture from the Field
Tihomir Ignatov
Senior Consultant
Microsoft Corporation

2. Architecture in Sharepoint Deployments
Software Architecture
Deployment Architecture
Network Architecture
Deployment Architecture

3. What is IT Architecture?

4. Architecture is Making ideas real
“Make everything as simple
as possible, but not simpler.”
-Albert Einstein

6. Sharepoint Architecture… WTF?
Software
Architecture
Infrastructure
Architecture
Information
Architecture
Business
Architecture
Enterprise
Architecture

7. Sharepoint Architecture… WTF?
Sharepoint (product) Architecture?!?
Consulting Architects Organizational Architects

8. The Role of the Architect
Presales
Solution
Governance
IT Architecture
Tradeoff
Architecture
Delivery

9. Presales
Step into
Customer’s
shoes
Always try to maximize
the VALUE for the
customer
The Sharepoint solutions
are COMPLEX, ask your
SMEs for support when
needed
Clearly define the
in scope, out of
scope, constraints
and limitations

10. Architecture Delivery
Requirements
Gathering
DESIGN
Conceptual, Logical, Physical, Applic
ation, Storage,…
Document all
your decisions!
As Architect DO NOT code
your projects 

11. IT Architecture Tradeoff
Design against
requirements
ONLY
Avoid unsupported
scenarios, this is a
BUMERANG
Propose business
value, use ROI
calculators
Calculate the ROI of each
pillar of your design and
sell it out to the
stakeholders!

12. Solution Governance
Requirements
Engineering
Change
Management
Architecture Validation TQA

13. Sharepoint 2013 sales points
New BCM and DR model
More scalable incl. WFM & WAC
New search capabilities
The Collaboration is better with Lync and Ex (UCS & WAC)
Improved WCM (incl. licensing)
The new APP mode – huge partner opportunity

14. General Sharepoint Architecture Guidance
ALWAYS design against SCENARIOS instead of features
Take into account the product limits and boundaries
Talk about RECOMMENDED and CURRENT instead of BEST practices
Ask Microsoft Premier support about supportability
Plan and maintain the capacity
Add the Governance plan in scope

15. PLA?

16. Lessons Learned – Infrastructure
Private Cloud driven
deployments
Extranet scenarios /w
federated identity
Office 365 & hybrid Azure IaaS

17. Lessons Learned – Self-service BI
Consider the
“3rd party” connectivity 
Validate all use cases
& supportability
Architecture Validation
The business process
on 1st place

18. Lessons Learned – Collaboration
Start using SOCIAL
collaboration
Devices & Services
SkyDrive Pro
The AAA:
Anytime, Anywhere,
Any device

19. Lessons Learned – Social
A game changer! Challenge!
Offload your mailbox
The social newsfeed
vs. Yammer

20. Contact me
 My blog: http://tihomirignatov.blogspot.com
 Sharepoint User Group Bulgaria:
http://www.sugbg.org
 E-mail: contact@sugbg.org

21. Q & A