August 2007 - Posts
The upgrade documentation implies that "most v2 web parts" will simply work in SharePoint v3. You can test your v2 web parts by adding them to a SharePoint v3 server and then dragging them one by one onto a page. None of the web parts I am dealing with
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As with the Master Page, there are many different ways to put together and deploy a new List such as via the Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint. But in this case, where we are putting together v3 Site Definitions which correspond to v2 Site Definitions
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There are many ways to create and add a custom Master Page to a SharePoint site, site collection, web application or web farm, but in this case where we are setting up Site Definitions for running an upgrade our goal is to create a Master Page which is
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If you are setting up a 32 bit SharePoint farm, do not turn on the /3GB switch. If you have custom web parts that consume a large amount of memory, or some other need for more memory, you should build a 64 bit farm. For more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933560/en-us
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What will happen at this point if you just Run Prescan and start Upgrading Sites without adding v3 Site Definitions???? Then your sites will be upgraded to run in MOSS, but they'll look and act like SPS03 sites. They will not have any of the MOSS functionality.
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Before starting to install MOSS on the vpc, add a Differencing Disk - that will be referred to as the DD1_MOSSGradualUpgrade and begin the MOSS07 install. This way all of the changes made during the MOSS install will be on the DD1_MOSSGradualUpgrade.
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Putting together a base Virtual PC for running and "perfecting" the upgrades prior to working on QA or Production. First off, create the base VPC virtual hard disc which we'll name BD_SPS03_AD_SQL05 in reference to the main items to be installed. I prefer
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I have already prepared a couple of SPS03 VPCs and run the Gradual Upgrade on a number of sites with mixed results. The first thing to note is that SPS03 and MOSS07 can theoretically run side-by-side on the same farm. This may be useful for testing or
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I am in the process of upgrading a smaller SPS03 portal installation to MOSS 2007. This is in preparation for upgrading a much larger highly customized SPS03 portal installation to MOSS 2007. Technet documentation on upgrading can be found at: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/396c85d9-4b86-484e-9cc5-f6c4d725c5781033.mspx
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