Design sample:
Corporate Portal
with Host-named Sites
for SharePoint Server 2013
Users
Partner Companies
(Business-to-Business)
Individual Partners
Internal and Remote Employees
Search Crawl Account
https://partnerweb.contoso.com
https://intranet.contoso.com
https://teams.contoso.com
https://my.contoso.com
https://partnerweb.contoso.com
https://intranet.contoso.com
https://teams.contoso.com
https://my.contoso.com
https://partnerweb.contoso.com
https://partnerweb.contoso.com
Zones and Authentication
Default zone / multiple authentication providers and authentication types in one zone
Trusted partner identity provider with SAML authentication
Windows Live with SAML authentication,
or SQL Server database with forms-based authentication
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
(or LDAP store with forms-based authentication or
SAML authentication)
AD DS with Windows NTLM authentication
Reverse proxy server
configured with SSL
termination
Load Balancer
Server Farm
Application Pool 1
Web Servers
Administration Site
Web Application: Central
Administration Site
Batch Processing Servers
SQL Database Servers
Database servers with SQL Server
installed and configured to support
SQL clustering, mirroring, or
AlwaysOn (AlwaysOn applies to SQL
Server 2012 only)
Services
IIS Web Site - SharePoint Web Services
Application Pool 2
User Profile
Search
Managed
Metadata
Secure Store
Service
Machine
Translation
Business Data
Connectivity
PerformancePoint
Work
Management
Access Services
Excel Services
Subscription
Settings
App
Management
Visio Graphics
Service
Word
Automation
PowerPoint
Automation
Default Group
Application Pools
Web Applications
Application Pool 3
Web Application: Contoso Sites (http://webapp.contoso.com)
http://rootsite.contoso.com
http://intranet.contoso.com
Site Collections
Facilities
HR
http://teams.contoso.com
Purchasing
Team 1
Team 2
http://my.contoso.com
Team 3
http://partnerweb.contoso.com
http://my.contoso.com/personal/<site_name>
Project 2
Project 1
Project 3
Sites
Content Databases
Zones and URLs
Team sites are created under a managed path, allowing one content
database per team site collection
DATABASE SETTINGS:
ﾧ Target size per database = 200 gigabytes (GB)
DATABASE SETTINGS:
ﾧ Target size per database = 200 gigabytes (GB)
ﾧ Site size limits per site = 30 GB
ﾧ Reserved for second-stage recycle bin = 10%
ﾧ Maximum number of sites = 6
ﾧ Site level warning = 5
DATABASE SETTINGS:
ﾧ Target size per database = 175 gigabytes (GB)
ﾧ Site size limits per site = 1 GB
ﾧ Reserved for second-stage recycle bin = 15%
ﾧ Maximum number of sites = 180
ﾧ Site level warning = 150
USERS
USERS
USERS
USERS
ZONE
LOAD-BALANCED URL
Default
http://intranet.contoso.com
ZONE
PUBISHED INTRANET SITES
Default
http://intranet.contoso.com
http://intranet.contoso.com/hr
http://intranet.contoso.com/facilities
http://intranet.contoso.com/purch
USERS
ZONE
LOAD-BALANCED URL
Default
http://teams.contoso.com
ZONE
TEAM SITES
Default
http://teams.contoso.com/sites/Team1
http://teams.contoso.com/sites/Team2
http://teams.contoso.com/sites/Team3
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USERS
ZONE
LOAD-BALANCED URL
Default
http://my.contoso.com
ZONE
SELF SERVICE SITES
Default
http://my.contoso.com/personal/User1
http://my.contoso.com/personal/User2
http://my.contoso.com/personal/User3
DATABASE SETTINGS:
ﾧ Target size per database = 200 GB
ﾧ Storage quota per site = 5 GB
ﾧ Maximum number of sites = 40
USERS
USERS
ZONE
LOAD-BALANCED URL
Default
http://partnerweb.contoso.com
ZONE
PARTNER WEB SITES
Default
http://partnerweb.contoso.com/sites/Project1
http://partnerweb.contoso.com/sites/Project2
http://partnerweb.contoso.com/sites/Project3