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SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment Upgrading
Upgrading Plan and prepare for upgrade
Plan and prepare for upgrade
Plan and prepare for upgrade
Plan and prepare for upgrade
Chapter overview: Plan and prepare for upgrade
Determine upgrade approach
Review supported and unsupported upgrade paths
How the upgrade process works
How search features are affected by upgrade
Review upgrade best practices
Review supported topologies
Review system requirements for upgrade
Estimate how long the upgrade process will take and the amount of space needed
Create communication plan
Use a trial upgrade to find potential issues
Determine how to handle customizations
Develop new custom site definitions and create upgrade definition files
Microsoft Press: Upgrading Site Customizations and Custom Site Definitions
Perform pre-upgrade steps
Perform an in-place upgrade
Perform a gradual upgrade
Perform a gradual upgrade with shared services
Deploy a new server farm and migrate content (Upgrade)
Perform post-upgrade steps
Work with Office SharePoint Server 2007
Migrate from Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 to Office SharePoint Server 2007
Upgrade examples: Upgrading three common customizations
Book Excerpt - Planning Your Move from SharePoint 2003 to 2007:  Upgrade or Rebuild?
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Plan and prepare for upgrade

SharePoint 2007
Other Versions
  • SharePoint 2013
  • SharePoint 2010

Updated: December 1, 2006

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

This Office product will reach end of support on October 10, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see , Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Topic Last Modified: 2007-08-25

In this chapter:

  • Chapter overview: Plan and prepare for upgrade (Office SharePoint Server)

  • 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)

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