Microsofts Deployment of SharePoint
Deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies for Enterprise Collaboration
Detailed discussion about the design and deployment of the Microsoft IT hosted collaboration platform.
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=38eee84c-5feb-40eb-883a-69cb0827cbeb
Not entirely sure why they have been republished, but they are useful to keep up your sleeve in any case...
Republished: Microsoft Web Enterprise Portal
PUBLISHED February 2004. 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.
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ac26898b-6893-48b9-8ec0-667f1ba22d6b
Republished: Deploying SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Shared Services at Microsoft
PUBLISHED February 2004. Detailed discussion about how the Knowledge Network Group and Microsoft IT deployed the portal shared services that ship with SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=50206cbe-f2a9-46b6-a911-6dec5ddd8325
