Some contemporaneous notes.
High-level installation activities are:
- Binaries
- Products & Technologies
- Initial Services
- Web Applications
- Site Collections
Things to consider when selecting installation options:
"Basic Installation" == "everything runs on one machine using Embedded SQL" (yes, that is Embedded not Express)
"Advanced Installation » Standalone" and "Basic Installation" don't allow reconfiguration to a distributed architecture at a later date, but are good for test and dev.
"Advanced Installation » Web Frontend" will usually be your choice. Can install to a single machine and then reconfigure. Can't use Embedded SQL, but can use Express.
Here is the whiteboard:
