Chapter overview: Perform a gradual upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

A gradual upgrade enables you to run both the previous and new versions, so that you can move sites gradually to the new environment, and have both versions of the sites available for transferring customizations or comparison.

In this chapter:

• Install and configure Office SharePoint Server for a gradual upgrade

• Install available language template packs (Office SharePoint Server)

• Upgrade sites (Office SharePoint Server)

After you have completed these steps, you can go on to the Perform post-upgrade steps (Office SharePoint Server) chapter and perform the following steps:

• Review upgraded sites (Office SharePoint Server)

• Revert to a previous version site (Office SharePoint Server)

• Reapply customizations in the browser and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

• Troubleshoot and resume upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

• Perform post-upgrade steps for a gradual upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

• Finalize upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

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• Upgrading to Office SharePoint Server 2007

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