Microsoft Official Course
Module 3
Designing a Logical Architecture
Module Overview
• Overview of SharePoint 2013 Logical Architecture
• Documenting Your Logical Architecture
Lesson 1: Overview of SharePoint 2013 Logical
Architecture
• What Is a Logical Architecture?
• SharePoint 2013 Logical Architecture Components
• Hosting and Multi-Tenancy
What Is a Logical Architecture?
• The logical architecture documents the
nonphysical structure of a solution, designed to
fulfill business requirements
• It should:
• Map to logical requirements rather than technologies or
features
• Reflect all business functionality necessary to deliver the
solution
• Be recognizable to nontechnical business users
• Map to integral solution architecture
SharePoint 2013 Logical Architecture
Components
• Server farms
• Service applications
• Application pools
• Web applications
• Zones
• Content databases
• Site collections
• Sites
• Lists and libraries
• Items
Hosting and Multi-Tenancy
• Hosting SharePoint 2013
• Provision of tenants
• Multi-tenancy
Lesson 2: Documenting Your Logical
Architecture
• Introduction to Documentation
• Mapping Business Requirements to Logical
Architecture Requirements
• Mapping Information Architecture to Logical
Architecture
• Using a Planning Worksheet
• Sample Scenario: Identifying Business
Requirements and Mapping Them to a Logical
Architecture
• Sample Scenario: Mapping Business Requirements
• Diagrammatic Documentation
Introduction to Documentation
• Create a readily consumable map of the solution business
requirements in a SharePoint 2013 logical architecture
• The documentation should meet the needs of several
roles:
• Stakeholders and business users
• Solution architects
• System administrators
• Developers
• The logical architecture should be a living document:
• Update amendments
• Update new functionality
• Generate a blueprint for administration and support
• Make your documentation robust and usable
Mapping Business Requirements to Logical
Architecture Requirements
• Business requirements appear in a range of formats:
• E-mail
• Reports
• Meeting minutes
• Aggregate requirements into a categorized, cohesive
report for business sponsor validation
Mapping Information Architecture to Logical
Architecture
• Information architecture outputs that influence
logical architecture design include:
• Site columns
• Content types
• Term sets
• Information management policies
• Navigation options
• Query rules
• Organizational taxonomy
Using a Planning Worksheet
• Map business requirements to the SharePoint 2013 logical
architecture
• Components should include:
• Business requirement
• Site name
• Site URL
• Parent site
• Template
• Content database name
• Notes
• Prove relationships between each requirement and the
SharePoint 2013 logical architecture
Sample Scenario: Identifying Business Requirements
and Mapping Them to a Logical Architecture
• Take business requirements input from stakeholders,
focus groups, and users
• Identify requirement components that map to
SharePoint 2013 logical functionality
• Refer to the graphic in the training manual
Sample Scenario: Mapping Business
Requirements
• Logical Architecture Planning Worksheet columns:
• The required department intranet sites
• The required Internet-facing site and its product subsite
• The extranet site and subsites for partners
• The My Sites requirement
• Refer to the graphic in the training manual
Diagrammatic Documentation
• Map logical functionality to a SharePoint 2013
diagram for additional clarity
• Components in the SharePoint logical architecture
can be easily identified using graphical elements
• Diagrams should be kept simple and provide a
high-level summary of the design
• Refer to the graphic in the training manual
Lab: Designing a Logical Architecture
• Exercise 1: Plan a Logical Architecture
• Exercise 2: Produce a Logical Architecture Diagram
Logon Information
• Virtual Machine: 20331B-NYC-CL
• User name: admin
• Passw0rd: Pa$$w0rd
Estimated Time: 60 minutes
Lab Scenario
As part of the planning and design phase for the new
SharePoint 2013 deployment at Contoso, your next task is
to produce a logical architecture design. You should use
the supplied business requirements and the Logical
Architecture Planning Worksheet to help you produce your
logical design.
Your whole class will work together to discuss the
requirements and complete the SharePoint 2013 Logical
Architecture Planning worksheet. Your instructor will
facilitate your discussions.
Module Review and Takeaways
• Review Question(s)
