This chapter covered fundamental considerations for putting together your SharePoint deployment roadmap. You've learned about the different SharePoint editions, licensing requirements, where you can host or deploy your SharePoint farms, the different topologies available to you, planning for storage, authentication options, and potential hardware/software footprints for your deployments. You've also learned about SharePoint options for the mobile user, reviewed the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 capabilities, and explored other Microsoft technologies that interface with SharePoint.

We have covered a lot of ground, but only scratched the surface of each topic. The deep dive can be left to your IT teams. Nonetheless, by properly addressing all of the concepts in this chapter, you will be in a great place to lead the charge in your SharePoint deployment or migration. Of course, there will always be unspoken challenges and unanticipated hurdles, but you will come armed with a panoramic perspective...