Upgrading SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007 Course

Course Duration – 3 days

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Overview

This is a three-day course designed to give you time to experience and understand how to perform all three upgrade types from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007.
This class is designed to help Architects and Administrators understand the design and technical issues of performing the three different types of upgrades: inplace, gradual and content database only.

In this class, you will perform all three upgrade types starting with the same image and ending with a fully functioning implementation. You will learn the pros and cons of each upgrade type and will walk away from the course knowing how you'll upgrade your deployment.

Laptops will be provided as part of your learning experience. This class is focused on upgrading from Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007. Those upgrading WSS-only implementations will not be good candidates for this course.

What you will learn:

• Key Concepts of the upgrade option
• How to upgrade a standalone server
• How to upgrade a web farm
• How to migrate content databases to new hardware
• How to use the prescan upgrade tool to identify potential issues
• How the upgrade process affects SharePoint Portal Server 2003 features, such as, My Site, Areas, Portal Listings, Search and User Profiles.
• Key Concepts of Customization issues, in particular FrontPage customizations, the use of site templates and customized site definitions.

Lessons Covered:
Upgrade Overview
Upgrade options
Planning and Preparation
Planning
Preparing your environment
Depreciated Features
Pre-upgrade tasks

• In-place upgrade
• Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 binaries
• Using the prescan tool
• Understanding the role of the SharePoint Products and Technologies Wizard
• Using psconfig command-line tool
• Affect of the in-place upgrade on SharePoint Portal Server 2003 features.
• Post-upgrade checks
• Gradual upgrade
• Gradual upgrade process
• URL redirection
• Affect of the gradual upgrade on SharePoint Portal Server 2003 features
• Post upgrade tasks
• Content Migration Upgrade
• Attaching content databases
• Affect of the gradual upgrade on SharePoint Portal Server 2003 features
• Post upgrade tasks