Sharpeoint: Republished Deployment articles on MSDN
Deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies for Enterprise Collaboration
Detailed discussion about the design and deployment of the Microsoft IT hosted collaboration platform. The platform supports personal storage, team Web sites, group and division portals, and enterprise services. With server farms centralized in three regional data centers, Microsoft saves both hardware and support costs.
Microsoft Web Enterprise Portal
Discussion of how Microsoft's Knowledge Network Group updated the MSWeb intranet home page to use the centrally hosted portal infrastructure provided by Microsoft IT. This paper describes the business benefits that motivated the deployment, the planning and prioritization process, implementation, lessons learned, and best practices.
Deploying SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Shared Services at Microsoft
Detailed discussion about how the Knowledge Network Group and Microsoft IT deployed the portal shared services that ship with SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Common interfaces for search, content notifications, audience definitions and user profiles are an integral part of the Microsoft intranet home page, team sites and portals across the enterprise.