I came across this the other day and thought that a lot of you would find it useful so here you go.  If you haven't seen this before, it's part of a series of planning and design guides that clarify and streamline the planning and design process for Microsoft infrastructure technologies.

There are quite a few different guides available and each guide in the series addresses a unique infrastructure technology or scenario. These guides include topics such as:

• Defining the technical decision flow (flow chart) through the planning process.
• Describing the decisions to be made and the commonly available options to consider in making the decisions.
• Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.
• Framing the decision in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the appropriate business landscape.

The guides in this series are intended to complement and augment the product documentation.

The App-V or SoftGrid guide can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897450.aspx.

All of the other guides can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196387(TechNet.10).aspx.

Enjoy!

J.C. Hornbeck | Manageability Knowledge Engineer