Some useful links to give SharePoint professionals insight into the new SharePoint 2010 platform.

SharePoint 2010 Architecture

• Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FD686CBB-8401-4F25-B65E-3CE7AA7DBEAB&displaylang=en
• Services in SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B9CA7745-FFA4-43CA-A638-E1AD868187CE&displaylang=en
• Hosting Environments for SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=326845D1-95DB-4E55-B65A-218509DEBE24&displaylang=en
• Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FC97D587-FFA4-4B43-B77D-958F3F8A87B9&displaylang=en
• Cross-farm Services in SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5141C91C-0922-44FC-AAF4-64C5156209EF&displaylang=en
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=110318EC-0238-4811-8FC7-EC4399D3C100&displaylang=en

SharePoint 2010 Development

• SharePoint 2010: Professional Developer Evaluation Guide and Walkthroughs - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CFFB14E8-88A9-43BD-87AA-4792AB60D320&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F0C9DAF3-4C54-45ED-9BDE-7B4D83A8F26F&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C010FC68-B47F-4DB6-B8A8-AD4BA33A35C5&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Developer Platform White Paper - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5184cb27-98d9-4cc0-bb0b-4b24d5b62db6
• SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 (Technical Preview) Developer Documentation - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94AFE886-3B20-4BC9-9A0D-ACD8CD232C24&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Developer and IT Professional Learning Plan - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AC9A3851-C298-4F4F-B7F0-63D756D2BDE9&displaylang=en

SharePoint 2010 Search

• Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D7C0091E-5766-496D-A5FE-94BEA52C4B15&displaylang=en
• Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5655EACA-22DF-4089-BCD3-38A1F5318140&displaylang=en
• Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22ffc029-2c08-457d-8311-ca457c6d160e&displaylang=en
• Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5A3CA177-FB9A-4901-9797-0C384277DB7C&displaylang=en

FAST for SharePoint 2010

• Planning and Architecture for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CA3AD5CC-3743-4CE2-AA13-EDF55CEA92D7&displaylang=en
• Deployment and configuration of FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A65AEF6F-BC99-4B29-81BB-37FCE8AD6EA7&displaylang=en
• Site Admin and Central Admin for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=499DBDBF-3D9B-4961-80BB-29C645E7D0C2&displaylang=enx
• Monitoring for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1E0DDA0D-3FD8-4A4D-8650-B878B5D5FBD8&displaylang=en