The SharePoint Server 2016 Architectural Models poster describes the key configurations for SharePoint, including SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2016 in Microsoft Azure and on-premises, for business decision makers and solution architects.
This poster has been updated with the following:
- Removed the Azure Access Control Service (ACS)
- Links to key SharePoint Online scenarios (isolated team sites, secure team sites and files)
- Includes Azure Active Directory (AD) Domain Services as an alternative to Windows Server AD domain controller virtual machines in Azure
- Links to the new Reference Architecture for a High Availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure
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You can also get this poster in eleven languages here.
Additional architectural models and posters for Office server products are here.
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