Move the internal website for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration

Published: January 28, 2011

Updated: November 9, 2012

Applies To: Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

Note

If you do not have an internal website for your organization, skip this section and continue with Move fax data for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration.

For migrations to Windows SBS 2011 Standard networks containing more than one server, the following terms are used to distinguish new Destination Servers.

  • Primary Server: The first server on a Windows SBS 2011 Standard network that contains more than one server.

  • Second Server: The second server on a Windows SBS 2011 Standard network. The Second Server runs the Windows SBS 2011 Premium Add-on.

Note

The following procedures are for migrating your internal website to a Destination Server that is running Windows SBS 2011 Standard.

If you want to only copy files to the Destination Server, perform the steps in the following procedure. If you want to do a complete migration of your internal website, skip the next procedure and follow the steps in the section To migrate the internal website.

To only copy files to the Destination Server

  1. Open Windows Explorer, and then type the network location of your internal website. The default location is \\companyweb. You will see the folders and files that you have stored on the old SharePoint website. Copy the files that you need to a temporary location on a removable storage device.

  2. On the Destination Server, click Start, click Administrative Task, and click Server Manager. Right-click Features, and then click Add Features.

  3. Select Desktop experience, and click Add required features. Click Next, and then click Install.

  4. After installation, restart the Destination Server.

  5. On the Destination Server, click Start, click Administrative Task, and then click Services.

  6. In Services, right-click the WebClient service, and then click Start.

  7. In the Windows Explorer navigation pane, right-click Computer, and then click Map network drive.

  8. Select a drive letter (this is temporary) and then type \\companyweb.

  9. Clear the Reconnect at logon check box and then click Finish. You will see the folders and files in the new Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 website.

  10. Copy the files from your removable storage device.

To migrate the internal website

  1. In the Migration Wizard, on the Migration Wizard Home page, click Migrate SharePoint Web site, and then click Next.

  2. If you do not want to migrate your internal website, click Skip Task, and then click Next.

  3. If you want to migrate your internal website, perform the following procedures in the order listed.

    1. Configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website on the Source Server

    2. Create security groups for Companyweb

    3. Back up the content database for the internal website (Companyweb)

    4. Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 on the Source Server

    5. Configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on the Source Server

    6. Delete the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default website

    7. Start the websites on the Source Server

    8. Run the Prescan tool on the Source Server

    9. Stop the internal website (Companyweb) on the Source Server

    10. Connect to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    11. Detach the content database for the internal website on the Source Server

    12. Create a new web application called TempCompanyWeb on the Source Server

    13. Attach the content database

    14. Prepare to migrate from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    15. Configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website on the Destination Server

    16. Migrate Companyweb to the Destination Server

    17. Remove the ShareWebDb content database on the Destination Server

    18. Restore the Source Server database to the Destination Server

    19. Grant read permissions on the Destination Server

    20. Restore the content database to a Second Server running the Windows SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

    21. Enable Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 features

    22. Configure Search for Companyweb

    23. Set up FAX

    24. Migrate other Web applications

  4. When you finish migrating your internal website to the Destination Server, return to the Migration Wizard, click Task Complete on the Migrate your internal Web site page, and then click Next.

Note

If you were using the built-in administrator account on the Source Server to manage the internal website, and if you plan to disable the built-in administrator account, you must add an administrator account on the Destination Server, and then set it up as the administrator of the internal website.

Note

When you finish the procedures in this document, the links from the previous internal website (Companyweb) to Outlook Web Access (OWA) and to Helpdesk will no longer resolve correctly. This is by design.

Configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website on the Source Server

To configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website on the Source Server

  1. From the Source Server, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand the server name, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then expand the internal domain name (for example, server.local).

  3. In the details pane, right-click the Companyweb Host(A) resource record, and then click Properties.

  4. Make sure the IP address listed is the IP address of the Source Server.

Note

After you configure the forward lookup zone, you should flush the DNS to clear the previous information. To flush the DNS, open a command prompt, type ipconfig/flushdns, and then press ENTER.

Create security groups for Companyweb

Before creating Security Groups as described below, ensure that the Active Directory information is synchronized with Windows SBS 2011 Standard by checking whether the required security group exists. If not, go to Windows SBS 2011 Standard, and run repadmin /syncall /P in the command line as an administrator.

To create security groups for Companyweb

  1. In the Migration Wizard, on the Migration Wizard Home page, click Migrate SharePoint Web site, and then click Next.

  2. Log on to the Source Server with an administrator account, and then open Internet Explorer.

  3. In Address, type https://companyweb, and then click Go. If you are asked for credentials, you need to set DisableLoopbackCheck to 1. For more information, see article 887993 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

  4. On the Home page, click Site Settings.

  5. On the Site Settings page, in the Administration section, click Manage users, and then click Add Users.

  6. On the Add Users page, do the following:

    1. In the text box in Step 1: Choose Users, type Windows SBS SharePoint_OwnersGroup.

    2. In Step 2: Choose Site Groups, select the Administrator check box, and then click Next.

    3. Click Finish to accept the default entries.

  7. On the Manage Users page, note that the new group is added to the users list. Click Add User.

  8. On the Add Users page, do the following:

    1. In the text box in Step 1: Choose Users, type Windows SBS SharePoint_MembersGroup.

    2. In Step 2: Choose Site Groups, select the Contributor check box, and then click Next.

    3. Click Finish to accept the default entries.

  9. On the Manage Users page, note that the new group is added to the users list. Click Add User.

  10. On the Add Users page, do the following:

    1. In the text box in Step 1: Choose Users. type Windows SBS SharePoint_VisitorsGroup.

    2. In Step 2: Choose Site Groups, select the Reader check box, and then click Next.

    3. Click Finish to accept the default entries. Note that the new group is added to the users list on the Manage Users page.

  11. Close the internal website.

  12. Notify users that the internal website is going to be migrated to Windows SBS 2011 Standard and that the Source Server will be offline during this process.

Back up the content database for the internal website (Companyweb)

To back up the content database for the internal website (Companyweb)

  1. Add the following values to the Registry by using the Regedit tool:

    • Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SharePoint\MSSQLServer

    • Name: BackupDirectory

    • Type: Reg_SZ

    • Value: C:

  2. In SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE), in the navigation pane, expand Databases.

  3. Right-click the content database for the internal website, click Tasks, and then click Back Up.

Note

The content database for the internal website are named STS_<SourceServerName>_<n> by default.

  1. In the Back Up Database dialog box, do the following:

    1. Leave the defaults in the Source and Backup set sections.

    2. In the Destination section, make sure Backup to is set to Disk, and then add the <full path location>.bak for the backup set (for example, c:\backup\Companyweb.bak).

    3. Click OK to create the backup set.

    4. Click OK in the Backup completed successfully dialog box.

Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 on the Source Server

To install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  1. Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.

    Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 requires Windows Workflow Foundation, which is a service of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. To install Windows Workflow Foundation, install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 from Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 (Full Package).

  2. Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    1. Download SharePoint.exe from the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 2 website, and then save it to a local hard disk drive.

    2. Start SharePoint.exe.

    3. On the Microsoft License Terms page, review the licensing agreement. To continue, you must accept the agreement. Click Yes.

    4. On the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Properties page, complete the following:

      1. On the Upgrade tab, select No, do not upgrade at this time.

Warning

When you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on your server, do not choose Gradual upgrade or In-place upgrade. If you do, several Windows SBS 2011 Standard management features will stop functioning, and you might lose data on your Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites. You must choose No, do not upgrade at this time, which results in a side-by-side installation.

    2.  On the **Server type** tab, ensure that **Stand-alone** is selected.

    3.  Click the **Install Now** button.

    4.  When the wizard finishes, leave the **Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now** check box selected, and then click **Close**.

    5.  If you are prompted to reboot, click **Yes**.
  1. Install the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 update package, KB 934790, if applicable. Perform this step only if you have already installed Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on your server. For information about how to obtain and install this update, see article 934790 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on the Source Server

To configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Products and Technologies

  1. If the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Products and Technologies Wizard does not start automatically, click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and click SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to launch the wizard.

  2. On the Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies page, click Next.

  3. In the dialog box for restarting Internet Information Services (IIS), SharePoint Administration Service, and SharePoint Timer Service if required, click Yes.

  4. Click Finish on the final page of the wizard. The default website (https://ServerName) that is automatically generated during Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Setup opens in your Internet browser.

  5. Close the browser.

Note

The default website (https://ServerName) and the https://companyweb website stop at this point. You cannot use these websites until you complete the remaining steps in this document.

Delete the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default website

Use the following procedure to delete the default website (https://ServerName) that is automatically created when you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

To delete the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default website

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.

  2. On the Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Delete Web Application.

  3. On the Delete Web Application page, complete the following:

    1. In Web Application, from the drop-down menu, click Change Web Application. On the Select Web Application page, select the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default website (https://ServerName).

Note

Make sure that you delete the default website (https://ServerName) and not the site you just created in the preceding step.

2.  In **Delete options**, delete the content database and the IIS websites.

3.  Click **Delete**.

4.  In the warning message box, click **Yes**.
  1. Wait for the Application Management tab to appear, and then close the Windows SharePoint Services Central Administration site.

  2. Start the default website and the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 https://companyweb website.

Start the websites on the Source Server

To start the websites

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

  2. Expand Server, expand Sites, right-click Default Web Site, point to Manage Web Site, and then click Start.

  3. If Companyweb is stopped, right-click Companyweb, point to Manage Web Site, and then click Start.

  4. Close IIS Manager.

Run the Prescan tool on the Source Server

To run the Prescan tool

  1. On the Source Server, click Start, click Run, type cmd in the text box, and then press ENTER.

  2. In the Command Prompt window, switch to the %Program Files%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server Extensions\12\Bin, where you saved prescan.exe, type prescan.exe /V https://companyweb at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

  3. Note any messages about errors, and review the log files that are created by prescan.exe. If there are errors, make the necessary corrections, and then run prescan.exe again.

Stop the internal website (Companyweb) on the Source Server

To stop the internal website (Companyweb)

  1. On the Source Server, click Start, and then click Server Management.

  2. In the navigation pane, click Advanced Management, click Internet Information Services, click <ServerName> (local), and then click Web Sites.

  3. Right-click the internal website, and then click Stop.

Connect to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

To connect to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  1. Install SQL Server Management Studio Express on the Source Server, if you haven’t yet.

  2. On the Source Server, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and then click SQL Server Management Studio Express.

  3. In the Server name drop-down list, click <ServerName>\SHAREPOINT, and then click Connect.

Detach the content database for the internal website on the Source Server

To detach the content database for the internal website

  1. In SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE), in the navigation pane, expand Databases.

  2. Right-click the content database for the internal website, click Tasks, and then click Detach. The name should be STS_<ServerName>_1.

  3. In the Detach Database dialog box, do the following:

    1. Select the check box in the Drop Connections column.

    2. Clear the check box in the Update Statistics column.

    3. Click OK.

  4. In the navigation pane, in the Databases folder, verify that the STS_<Windows SBS 2003ServerName>_1 database is no longer displayed.

  5. Close SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE).

  6. Copy the database files to another folder on the Source Server. This folder can be any folder for which you have permissions on the Source Server.

    1. By default, the database files are in the folder C:\ Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$SharePoint\Data folder on the Source Server.

    2. By default, the files are named as follows:

      STS_<ServerName>_1.mdf

      STS__<ServerName>_1_Log.ldf

Create a new web application called TempCompanyWeb on the Source Server

You will need a temporary web application to upgrade the content database.

To create a temporary web application

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.

  2. On the Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Create or Extend web application.

  3. On the Create or Extend Web Application page, click Create a new Web application.

  4. On the Create New Web Application page, complete the following:

    1. In IIS Web Site, type a description for the new website and a port number (do not use Port 80, Port 8080, or other used ports).

    2. In Application Pool, ensure that Create a new application pool is selected, and then select Network Service as the Predefined security account for the application pool.

    3. In Database Name and Authentication, ensure that Windows authentication is selected.

    4. Click OK. Wait while your changes are processing.

  5. On the Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Content databases.

  6. Click the content database that is associated with the TempCompanyWeb. To make sure you are choosing the correct database, select the URL on the right of Web application, and choose Change Web Application. In the pop-up dialog box that appears, choose the correct application.

  7. Select remove content database, and then click OK.

Attach the content database

To connect to and attach your content database

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and click SQL Server Management Studio Express.

  2. To connect to the content database that the Destination Server uses:

    1. In the Server name text box, type \\.\pipe\mssql$microsoft##ssee\sql\query.

    2. Click Connect.

  3. To attach the content database:

    1. In the navigation pane, right-click Databases, and then click Attach.

    2. In the Attach Databases dialog box, in Databases to attach, click Add.

    3. In the Locate Database Files dialog box, navigate to the STS_<SourceServerName>_1.mdf file that you copied in the step “To detach the database,” and then click OK.

    4. In the Attach Databases dialog box, in *<DatabaseName>*database details, confirm that the STS_<SourceServerName>_1.mdf file and the STS_<SourceServerName>_1_Log.ldf file are listed.

    5. Click OK.

    6. If you see a warning message from SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) that asks about locating full text catalogs, click No.

    7. In the navigation pane, in the Databases folder, verify that the STS_<SourceServerName>_1 database is listed.

  4. Close SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE).

  5. From a command line, run %Program Files%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe-o addcontentdb -databasename "STS_<SourceServerName>_1" -url <url of the TempCompanyWeb>

    To find the URL of TempCompanyWeb

    1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.

    2. On the Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Web Application List.

    3. Find the url of TempCompanyWeb.

  6. Open Internet Explorer, and go to <URL of the TempCompanyWeb> to verify your migrated website.

Note

Web parts, such as images on your homepage, cannot be migrated. Redo the customization manually after you finish the migration to Windows SBS 2011 Standard.

Prepare to migrate from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Perform these tasks before migrating from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  1. Run the pre-upgrade checker that is discussed in the article Perform pre-upgrade steps (SharePoint Foundation 2010).

    To run the pre-upgrade checker

    1. Verify that you are a member of the local Administrators group on the server.

    2. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.

    3. In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the following directory:

      %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Shared\web server Extensions\12\bin

    4. Type the following command, and press ENTER:

      STSADM.EXE-o preupgradecheck

  2. Back up the content databases by using the procedure described in How to: Back Up a Database (SQL Server Management Studio). You can use the default settings for most options, but you must use the following settings:

    • Before you back up content, you need to expand Security. Right-click Login and choose New Login. Create a login for your domain administrator.

    • Expand Databases, right-click STS_<SourceServerName>_1 and choose Properties. Choose File, and change the owner to the login you just created.

    • In step 1 of How to: Back Up a Database (SQL Server Management Studio), you must set the instance name for Windows Internal Database as \\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query.

    • In Step 12 of How to: Back Up a Database (SQL Server Management Studio), select the option Destination. Make sure that the destination media has sufficient free space for the backup.

Configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website on the Destination Server

To configure the forward lookup zone for the internal website

  1. From the Destination Server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.

  2. Click Continue in the User Account Controls dialog box.

  3. In the navigation pane, expand the server name, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then expand the internal domain name (for example, server.local).

  4. In the details pane, right-click the Companyweb Host(A) resource record, and then click Properties.

  5. Replace the IP address of the Destination Server.

Note

After you configure the forward lookup zone, you should flush the DNS to clear the previous information. To flush the DNS, open a command prompt, type ipconfig/flushdns, and then press ENTER.

Migrate Companyweb to the Destination Server

To migrate Companyweb

  1. Log on as domain Administrator and verify the following:

  2. Locate the files for the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content database that you backed up in the previous step, and copy the files to a folder on the Destination Server.

  3. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, and click SharePoint 2010 Central Administration. Click Backup and Restore, and then click Export a site or List. On the Site or List Export page, make sure the following information appears in the Site Collection section:

    • Site Collection: https://sites:987 or https://companyweb

    • Site: /

    • List: Fax Center

    In the Filename text box, type a location that you can fully access. Name it companyweb.cmp. Then click Start Export.

    Verify that your .cmp file successfully generated.

Remove the ShareWebDb content database on the Destination Server

To remove ShareWebDb

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, and click SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

  2. Click Manage content database under Application Management.

  3. Click ShareWebDb.

  4. Check Remove content database, and then click Yes to continue. Click OK to close the page.

Note

If your database is more than 10 GB after you restore it, you cannot restore it to SQL Server Express 2008 R2. We recommend that you first migrate to Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on, which runs SQL Server 2008 R2, and restore the database to a Second Server. Skip the following procedures and continue with Restore the content database to a Second Server running the Windows SBS 2011 Premium Add-on.

Restore the Source Server database to the Destination Server

To restore the Source Server database

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and click the SQL Server Management Studio. Run the Management Studio as an Administrator.

  2. Type <ServerName>\SharePoint and then click Connect.

  3. Expand the databases, right-click ShareWebDb and choose delete. Check Close existing connections only, and then click OK.

  4. Right-click Databases, and then click Restore Database. The Restore Database dialog box appears.

  5. In the Restore Database dialog box, on the General page, type ShareWebDb as the name of the database to be restored in the To database list.

  6. In the To a point in time text box, retain the default Most recent possible.

  7. To specify the source and location of the backup sets to restore, click From device, and then click to select the backup file.

  8. In the Specify Backup dialog box, in the Backup media box, be sure that File is selected.

  9. In the Backup location area, click Add.

  10. In the Locate Backup File dialog box, select the file that you want to restore, click OK, and then, in the Specify Backup dialog box, click OK.

  11. In the Restore Database dialog box, under Select the backup sets to restore grid, select the Restore check box next to the most recent full backup.

  12. In the Restore Database dialog box, under Select a page click the Options page. Under Restore options, select the Overwrite the existing database check box.

  13. If you have moved the data storage location for SharePoint, restore the database to the new location.

  14. Click OK to start the restore process.

  15. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, and then click Run as administrator.

  16. Use the following command to mount your restored content database to Companyweb:

    Mount-SPContentDatabase -Name*"<DbName>ShareWebDb"–WebApplicationhttps://companyweb<web-app-url>*

    An example URL is: https://remote.contoso.com:987

Restore the content database to a Second Server running the Windows SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

If you are not migrating the website to a Second Server, skip the following procedure and continue with To enable Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 features.

Important

The following procedure describes how to restore the content database from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Second Server.

To restore the content database to a Second Server running the Windows SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

  1. Logon to the Second Server that is running Windows SBS 2011 Standard. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and click SQL Server Management Studio, and then click Run as administrator.

  2. Type <server name>\<instance name> and click Connect. An instance is created during the SQL Server setup.

  3. Right-click Databases, and then click Restore Database. The Restore Database dialog box appears.

  4. In the Restore Database dialog box, on the General page, type ShareWebDb.

  5. In the To a point in time text box, retain the default Most recent possible.

  6. To specify the source and location of the backup sets to restore, click From device, and then click Browse.

  7. In the Specify Backup dialog box, in the Backup media box, be sure that File is selected.

  8. In the Backup location area, click Add.

  9. In the Locate Backup File dialog box, select the file that you want to restore, click OK, and then, in the Specify Backup dialog box, click OK.

  10. In the Restore Database dialog box, under Select the backup sets to restore grid, select the Restore check box next to the most recent full backup.

  11. In the Restore Database dialog box, on the Options page, under Restore options, select the Overwrite the existing database check box.

  12. Click OK to start the restore process.

  13. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, and then click Run as administrator.

  14. Use the following command to mount your restored content database to Companyweb:

    Mount-SPContentDatabase -Name*"<DbName>ShareWebDb"–WebApplicationhttps://companyweb<web-app-url>*

    An example URL is: https://remote.contoso.com:987

Enable Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 features

Note

When you enable features in SharePoint Foundation 2010, you must reset any customized pages to use the template. Resetting the page basically discards the customizations and attaches your page to the appropriate master page. Any customizations you want can then be transferred to the master page instead of being stored in individual pages.

To enable Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 features

  1. Go to https://companyweb. Click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.

  2. On the Site Settings page under Site Actions, click Reset to site definition.

  3. On the Reset Page to Site Definition Version page, select Reset all pages in this site to site definition version, and then click Reset.

  4. Go back to https://companyweb. Click Site Actions, click Visual Upgrade, and then click Update the user interface.

Configure Search for Companyweb

To configure Search for Companyweb

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, and click SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

  2. Under System Setting, click Manage Services on Server.

  3. Click Stop on the right of SharePoint Foundation Search, and then confirm.

  4. Click Start on the right of SharePoint Foundation Search.

  5. Choose to search every five minutes in the configuration page, and click OK.

  6. On the Administration home page, under Application Management, click Manage content database.

  7. Click ShareWebDb.

  8. Choose your server as the search server, and click OK.

Note

You can use the free SharePoint Designer 2010 product to do advanced customization of your SharePoint Foundation 2010 website.
SharePoint Designer 2010 (32-bit)
SharePoint Designer 2010 (64-bit)

Grant read permissions on the Destination Server

To grant read permissions on the Destination Server

  1. On the Destination Server, run Internet Explorer, and type https://companyweb in the address bar, and then press Enter.

  2. Click Site Action and choose Site Permissions.

  3. Click Grant Permissions. Enter the information below into the dialog box:

    • In Users/Groups, type NT Authority\System and click Check Name icon.

    • In Grant Permissions, select Read.

    • Unselect the check box for send welcome e-mail to new users.

  4. Click OK.

Set up FAX

To set up FAX

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, and then click Run as administrator.

  2. At a command prompt, type:

    import-spweb –identity https://companyweb –path <path of companyweb.cmp>

  3. Go to https://companyweb, and verify that Fax Center is created successfully.

Migrate other Web applications

To migrate other Web applications, follow the same procedures as you did to migrate Companyweb. For example, see Perform a database attach upgrade to SharePoint Foundation 2010.

If your Source Server was running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 prior to beginning the migration process, install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 on your before migrating additional sites. See Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 2.