Microsoft Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA) is a set of enterprise-class architectural blueprints and implementation guidance that has been tested and proven in the lab with hardware and software partners. WSSRA explains the process to follow and decisions to make to ensure that the infrastructure you deploy matches your business needs, tolerance for risk, and technical design goals.
The reference architecture enables best practice–based design of an IT infrastructure, which drives standardization across the platform by applying sound architectural principles around security, manageability, and other factors to ensure a consistent approach to the definition of IT services.
For each IT service covered within the reference architecture, a comprehensive blueprint articulating design options helps ensure the most appropriate design is realized for a particular scenario. The complementary implementation guidance then lays out the planning, building, and testing processes that were followed to prove the architecture for a generic, fictitious organization. All the resultant guidance for this process is provided with the reference architecture—even the deployment automation, test cases, policies, and hardware configuration files are included in a deployment kit.
