Thanks to everyone who attended the webcast today on SharePoint 2010 Deployment. I’m sorry I went a “bit” over on time (I thought I was on time) and didn’t get a chance to answer your questions live. Instead, I’m posting them here for your future reference. Please make sure to register for the next webcast where my boss, Doug Davis, and I will discuss development improvements in SharePoint 2010. You can register at this address: http://www.quest.com/landing/?ID=4897

Q: Where can I get the slides
A: I posted the slide deck to SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/mikewat/getting-sharepoint-2010-deployment-right

Q: Where can I find the webcast?
A: Folks who registered will receive an email with the link to the archive

Q: Where can I get more information on SharePoint 2010 multi-tenant features
A: SharePoint has made major enhancements to multi-tenancy. Unlike previous versions of SharePoint where only WSS features were multi-tenant, all features of SharePoint 2010 can now be hosted multi-tenant. Here’s a few resources to get you started on multi-tenancy in SharePoint 2010:

Poster (best starting point) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=326845d1-95db-4e55-b65a-218509debe24&displaylang=en

Other related posters (check out the server application stuff) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199(office.14).aspx

Enabling multi-tenant support in SharePoint 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/speschka/archive/2009/11/30/enabling-multi-tenant-support-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

Understanding multi-tenancy in SharePoint 2010 Part 1

http://blog.van-huizen.com/2010/01/sharepoint-2010-multi-tenant-hosting.html

and part 2 http://blog.van-huizen.com/2010/01/sharepoint-2010-multi-tenant-hosting_20.html

Q: Does the (SharePoint) host machine need to be 64bit?
A: I think the spirit of this question was around virtualization hosts specifically and the answer is yes, your host will need to be 64bit as well as your virtual machines in order to run SharePoint. Read more about hardware requirements for SharePoint 2010 at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(office.14).aspx 64bit is even prerequisite for development workstations running Vista and Win7. More information available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx

Q: SharePoint 2010 supports both SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. What version should we use?
A: Many organizations upgrade SQL even slower than they upgrade SharePoint so a lot of folks will be stuck with 2005 for a while. That said, there are numerous benefits to using SQL 2008. Optimized querys, better performance, Resource Governor, and Intellsense to name a few. See my article at TechNet on how SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 are better together: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc990273.aspx

Q: Can you please list the SharePoint and SQL Best Practices guidance list link?
A: You can find that here on my blog. I will continue to update it as I find better content: http://www.sharepointmadscientist.com/Lists/BP/AllItems.aspx

Q: Where can I get Quest Deployment Advisor for SharePoint?
A: Check back here on my blog or at www.sharepointforall.com for beta availability

Q: Will there be any improvements in managing/migrating custom workflows from SharePoint Designer between test and Production environments?
A: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a much improved story in 2010. SharePoint Designer now supports solution packages (WSP) which allows for portability between environments and even between development tools (import to Visual Studio 2010 for instance). Workflows can be created as reusable in that they are not tied to any specific list or item. Read more about workflow in 2010 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335710.aspx