Updated: 2009-03-05

The upgrade process is not as simple as inserting a CD and running Setup. You need to carefully plan your approach, anticipate issues that might come up during or after the process, and consider your specific environment. This chapter includes information and recommendations that can help you plan and prepare for the upgrade process.

In this chapter:

• Determine upgrade approach (Office SharePoint Server)

• Review supported and unsupported upgrade paths

• How the upgrade process works (Office SharePoint Server)

• How search features are affected by upgrade

• Review upgrade best practices

• Review supported topologies

• Review system requirements for upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

• Estimate how long the upgrade process will take and the amount of space needed (Office SharePoint Server)

• Create communication plan

• Use a trial upgrade to find potential issues (Office SharePoint Server)

• Determine how to handle customizations (Office SharePoint Server)

• Develop new custom site definitions and create upgrade definition files (Office SharePoint Server)

In addition to these upgrade-specific planning steps, you should also follow the steps and recommendations for planning for security, capacity, and performance found in Planning and architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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