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Upgrade overview videos for SharePoint 2013

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  • 01/26/2023

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The following six videos (each video is less than five minutes) can help you understand how to upgrade to SharePoint 2013.

Overview: SharePoint 2013 upgrade process

This video provides a brief overview of the upgrade process for SharePoint 2013 (video 1 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Overview video

Resource Description
Overview of the upgrade process from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013
Learn about how to upgrade databases, service applications, My Sites, and site collections to SharePoint 2013.

Phase 1: Create the SharePoint 2013 farm

This video provides a quick explanation of how to create a farm for use in an upgrade to SharePoint 2013 (video 2 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Phase 1 video

Resource Description
Create the SharePoint 2013 farm for a database attach upgrade
Create and configure a SharePoint 2013 farm so that you can upgrade databases from SharePoint 2010 Products.

Phase 2: Copy the databases to the new farm

This video provides a quick explanation of how to copy SharePoint 2010 databases to a SharePoint 2013 farm for upgrade (video 3 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Phase 2 video

Resource Description
Copy databases to the new farm for upgrade to SharePoint 2013
Copy SharePoint 2010 Products content and service databases to a SharePoint 2013 farm so that you can upgrade the data to SharePoint 2013.

Phase 3: Upgrade the service applications

This video provides a quick explanation of how to upgrade service applications to SharePoint 2013 (video 4 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Phase 3 video

Resource Description
Upgrade service applications to SharePoint 2013
Upgrade service applications (Business Connectivity Services, Managed Metadata, Secure Store, User Profiles, Search) to SharePoint 2013.

Phase 4: Upgrade content databases

This video provides a quick explanation of how to upgrade content databases to SharePoint 2013 (video 5 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Phase 4 video

Resource Description
Upgrade content databases from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013
Learn how to upgrade content databases from SharePoint 2010 Products to SharePoint 2013.
Migrate from classic-mode to claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2013
Convert SharePoint 2010 Products or SharePoint 2013 classic-mode web applications to claims-based authentication or create new claims-based web applications in SharePoint 2013.

Phase 5: Upgrade site collections

This video provides a quick explanation of how to upgrade site collections to SharePoint 2013 (video 6 of 6).

Watch the SharePoint 2013 Upgrade: Phase 5 video

Resource Description
Upgrade a site collection to SharePoint 2013
Learn how site collection administrators can preview a copy of their sites in SharePoint 2013 mode, and then upgrade their sites.

See also

Upgrade from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Checklist for database-attach upgrade (SharePoint 2013)

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