Basic and Advanced Deployment in a Nutshell

Thanks to those of you who partipated in my SharePoint Connection basic and advanced Deployment talks at SharePoint Connections and Tech ED ITforum. As promised here are links to download and uncompress those decks.

Connections_Deployment_Oleson.zip

If you are interested in Deployment, I figured I'd provide here, the best of Deployment or at least essential links 1 for each topic.

Product Selection

To better understand the different editions and SKUs of the various SharePoint Products and Technologies please refer to the recently published features comparison, edition comparison, and differences.

System Sizing & Capacity Planning

Tips from my blog including links to Steve Tullis's Cap Planning Deck
TechNet - Planning for Capacity - light but more to come in the next month or two (don't get frusterated by the placeholders, this will all be live soon)

(Added 11/16)

Download

Announcing the RTM Version of WSS and MOSS Standard and Enterprise Trials

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Details page URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D51730B5-48FC-4CA2-B454-8DC2CAF93951

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 x64

Details page URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A50DA0F-7C94-4814-BBFE-2B66FE4A9087

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack

Details page URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=36EE1BF0-652C-4E38-B247-F29B3EEFA048

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack x64

Details page URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=45FA2637-EFC0-4ED6-8F47-8A013E9CE9D9

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard & Enterprise Trial Edition

Details page URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2E6E5A9C-EBF6-4F7F-8467-F4DE6BD6B831

(End Added 11/16)

Install

TechNet - Deploy Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment
TechNet - Deploy MOSS to a single server (basically the install doc)
Bill English - Step by Step w/ Screenshots Install doc

Governance & Manageability

Joel Oleson - Manageability and Governance, Key Governance Considerations,
Mark Wagner - Killer Governance Doc - MUST HAVE
TechNet - Setting up approvals, versions, oversight
TechNet - Planning information rights management policies - Expiration, Auditing, Compliance, Reporting
Joel Oleson - Information Architecture (Includes many TechNet links)

Operations

The ECM Starter Kit will help you if you're planning Web Content Management/Publishing, Records Management, etc..
Plan Security - Security Links.
Plan Monitoring - MOM Pack links
Plan Backup - Using Central Admin and the new Disaster Recovery backup in STSADM - TechNet
Configure Authentication Providers - Steve Peschka

Upgrade/Migration

Gradual Upgrade (w/ Screenshots!) from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 - Shane Young
In place Upgrade - TechNet
Database Attach - TechNet
Migrating from CMS 2002 - TechNet
Build to Build Upgrade see Announcing the RTM Version of WSS and MOSS Standard and Enterprise Trials

SSP Configuration

TechNet - Planning to Crawl (By default all content in your farm is indexed)
TechNet - Profiles and My Sites
Step by Step instructions for setting up and Publishing Excel Services - Jason Medero
BDC Overview post from SharePoint blog, and Free BDC Samples on GotDotnet

Content & Solutions Deployment

Content Deployment by Tyler Butler
Chris Johnson has a great article here on Solutions Deployment with links to more detail on Features
Mike Ammerlaan - Site Definition, Feature Packaging Deck and Web Cast
Another Killer thing.. make sure you're Developers Read... Best Practices: Using Disposable WSS objects by Mike Ammerlaan

Advanced Configurations and Topologies