I am getting ready to create a SP environment. I will have a bunch of Team Sites, a bunch of Project Sites, a bunch of Client Sites, and a pretty large Intranet (I have decided to use a separate authoring and separate publishing site combo for the Intranet).
What is the best practice for Team/Publishing (Collaboration) Sites - should they be created in a separate Site Collection for EACH of these three categories (e.g., three site collections - Team/Project/Client). Or perhaps one collaboration site collection to house all three? Or can the authoring site house everything - including the collaboration sites? It's important to note that the collaboration sites will share lists/libraries amongst each of the team/client/publishing sites.
I'm trying to get my head around a proper structure before I get too far down this path. Any advice would be very much welcomed. I've done quite a bit of research, but I was hoping to get some advice from someone who has gone down this road.
Thank you.
BNM OBG