Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure

Design Worksheets
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262451.aspx

Design Checklist
http://nikspatel.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/checklist-for-designing-and-implementing-sharepoint-2010-extranets-things-to-consider/

Module 1 – Designing a Logical Architecture
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/11/web-application-vs-site-collection-vs.html
Visio Shapes
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/10/planning-and-design.html

SharePoint Products (technet)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428287.aspx
Sites using SPS
http://www.wssdemo.com/livepivot
http://www.topsharepoint.com/
Licensing Details
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Licensing-Details.aspx
Overview with Diagrams
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx

Module 2 – Planning Service Applications
More from SharePoint Galaxy
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/versions.html

Check out the version comparison
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/product/Pages/Features.aspx
Share service applications across farms
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621100.aspx

Module 3 – Planning for Performance and Capacity
Performance and capacity test results and recommendations (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608068.aspx
SharePoint (Performance, Stress ) Load Testing – Great article
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2010/04/20/sharepoint-2010-performance-stress-load-testing.aspx
HP Sizer – Good third party tool – Microsoft sizer status unknownhttp://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html
Old article for 2007
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2009/04/18/sharepoint-performance-stress-load-testing.aspx
SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits (technet)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff758647.aspx
Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2010 (5 step plan)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg454220.aspx
Plan for availability
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx
Plan for RBS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628583.aspx

Module 4 – Designing a Physical Architecture
Small Scale Farm design
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/enterprisesearch/archive/2010/06/15/sharepoint-search-2010-in-a-small-scale-farm-hardware.aspx
Hardware and software requirements 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx
Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189275.aspx

Account permissions and security settings
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678863.aspx
Determine permission levels and groups http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262690.aspx
Plan site permissions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262778.aspx
Security planning for sites and content http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262939.aspx
Choose security groups
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261972.aspx
Manage permission policies for a Web application
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608071.aspx

Module 6 – Planning Authentication
More from SharePoint Galaxy
ADFS
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/adfs.html
Authentication Overview – Links to ADAM Anonymous MOSS Kerberos Claims ADFS
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharepoint-authentication.html
Migrating a Web Application from Windows Classic to Windows Claims in SharePoint 2010
http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/06/12/migrating-a-web-application-from-windows-classic-to-windows-claims-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx
Plan authentication methods (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc262350.aspx
Configure forms-based authentication for a claims-based Web application 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee806890.aspx
Plan for Kerberos authentication (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806870.aspx
Step by step using Live ID
http://blog.fpweb.net/claims-authentication-windows-live-id-for-sharepoint-2010/
Visual Guide
http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Visual-guide-to-Windows-Live-ID-authentication-with-SharePoint-2010-part-1.aspx
Kerberos Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806870.aspx
SiteMinder – more help here
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnlee/archive/2010/12/16/sharepoint-2010-federated-with-siteminder-sts.aspx

Module 7 – Planning Manage Metadata
from Technet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee530389.aspx
Performance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681889.aspx
Resource Center
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff924923.aspx

Module 8 – Planning Social Computing
More from TEch Bytes
http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2011/01/10174-sharepoint-2010-installation-and.html#user_profile
User Profile Service 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662538.aspx

Module 9 – Designing Enterprise Search
from TEch Bytes
http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2011/01/10174-sharepoint-2010-installation-and.html#search

Module 10 – Planning Enterprise Content Management
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/search/label/ecm

Module 11 – BI
Secure Store Service 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806889.aspx
BI Resource Center on Technet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee692578

Module 12 – Goverance Planning
goverance sample guides
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200904&clcid=0x409
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201244&clcid=0x409
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201245&clcid=0x409
planning document management policy 
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200906&clcid=0x409.
content approval and versioning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201250&clcid=0x409.
records management planning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201251&clcid=0x409.
planning for eDiscovery
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201252&clcid=0x409
planning information management policies
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200906&clcid=0x409
content types and workflow planning
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200908&clcid=0x409.
default blocked file types
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201253&clcid=0x409.
managed metadata service applications
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201254&clcid=0x40
managing customizations
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=92311
planning sandboxed solutions
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=200909&clcid=0x409

Module 13 – Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

More from SharePoint Galaxy
Maintenance
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/11/sharepoint-maintenance.html
Troubleshooting
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharepoint-troubleshooting-tools.html
More on Updates
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepoint-updates-cu-and-service-packs.html

SharePoint Admin Toolkit
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508851.aspx
Log Viewer
ULS viewer
Fiddler2
http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/
Microsoft Visual Round Trip Analyzer 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd188562.aspx
VRTA download
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21462
Performance Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262971.aspx

Module 14 – Planning Business Continuity

Module 15 – Planning for Upgrade
SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Resource Center

One stop shop from TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx
Plan for sites and solutions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc789336.aspx

Global
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg441255.aspx

Additional Info
Book List
http://sharepointgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepointbooks.html
Business Connectivity Services security overview 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee661743.aspx
Setup and config of BCS and Secure Store
http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/how-to-create-configure-consume-sharepoint-2010-secure-store-in-business-connectivity-services/

Tech Diagrams
Visio Shapes
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21480

More diagrams
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199.aspx