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You could script the creation of a new SharePoint VM and the automatic joining to the farm as a WFE. You would then need to somehow let your load balancer know about this new node. While technically possible, this would be pretty complex and very fragile. Your second idea sounds a bit easier. Just because a server is configured as a WFE doesn't mean you ...

Take a look at HP's Sizer tool for SharePoint. The one for 2007 has long been a staple in any farm sizing exercise, and they have now made the 2010 version available. Everything will be in terms of HP-branded hardware but you can easily convert to other brands. They also have a bunch of whitepapers and guides here 70k users is a fairly big farm, I don't ...

However, in Beginning Sharepoint Administration by Gran Husman, he says it's not enough: You should also take a backup of IIS configuration including the metabase. Its not just the author of book clamming the you need to backup IIS configuration but MSDN also recommends it as explained below, Be sure to document any customizations that have ...

I had the same problem when running IE on the server and opening the Central Admin URL. Went to all Programs/Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products/SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and ran that as an Administrator and had no problems adding users. I was also able to add users when I used a workstation to add users via the URL.

I am assuming this movement will SharePoint 2010 to 2010 specific and not 2007 to 2010 upgrade. Well this a basic checklist you need to prepare before the movement. Content Database Custom Deployed WSP Windows Services Setup , Config Files Infopath Form Templates Web Analytics Data WSS Web Configuration Files Web Application General Settings Excel ...

These guidance posts may be helpful as scenarios can vary - 5 Best Practices to Configure Diagnostic Logging with PowerShell Commands Best practices for operational excellence Best practices for capacity management UPDATE: Usage logging databases require ongoing maintenance. You can plan on how it's going to be used by selecting the tracing variables ...

Do you mean the Farm Configuiration Wizard in Central Admin? The general consensus on the FCW is, use it very sparingly. It's fine if you want a quick overview of SharePoint or you are setting up a non-specific Dev workstation. The Wizard uses a bunch of default settings that go against most enterprise best practices, most notably using the same accounts ...

As long as your VM infrastructure is good enough to support the memory, CPU, and data throughput required for your farm, you can virtualized the SQL server without sacrificing performance. You need to ensure your VM farm has enough available resources to dedicate to the SQL server and not be overloaded with other VMs taking RAM away from the SQL VM. Also, ...