http://blogs.msdn.com/subhajitc/archive/tags/Architecture/default.aspxTags: Architectureen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/subhajitc/archive/2009/04/20/interesting-read-sharepoint-farm-communications.aspxMon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9556616Subhajit.Chatterjee1http://blogs.msdn.com/subhajitc/comments/9556616.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/subhajitc/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9556616<P>A SharePoint farm is&nbsp;an extremely "chatty" environment.&nbsp;A lot of inter server communications keeps on happening all the time. I had been looking for a consolidated list of such things, when I came across <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/01/05/sharepoint-ports-proxies-and-protocols-an-overview-of-farm-communications.aspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/01/05/sharepoint-ports-proxies-and-protocols-an-overview-of-farm-communications.aspx">this</A> blog of the MCS (U.K) SharePoint Team. This blog talks about how the various servers in a SharePoint Farm communicate with each other, what ports, protocols and proxies are involved.&nbsp;A must read for all budding SharePoint solution architects!&nbsp;</P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9556616" width="1" height="1">SharePointArchitecture