I have recently been working with a colleague on a new client implementation of SharePoint, putting together some options for a farm design. We came up with three different options for the SharePoint server configuration, all with differing server layouts and SQL configurations. Trying to articulate these designs to a non technical audience can be almost as challenging as building the final solution, if you are with the client you can always sketch out your ideas on a whiteboard or flipchart, but documenting your design for a distributed audience is always a problem. This is when Visio comes to your aid, Microsoft have some specific Visio shapes available for SharePoint and Project Server configuration.
You can download the shapes from here http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21480
These allow you to create your own TechNet style diagrams for illustrating SharePoint server configuration, below is an example I made earlier…
This article was originally posted here, on the SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans blog.
