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Effective SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Q&A

Webcast: Get to SharePoint 2010 – Strategies for Effective Upgrades and Migrations Question and Answer Log: I like to capture the questions from a good webcast.  Got a bunch of good ones today…If you missed the presentation you can get a recording and the… Continue Reading “Effective SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Q&A”

SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Decision Tree

I love it when the community comes together.  You can see the twitter discussion with Todd Klindt, Rick Taylor and Benjamin Athawes (on his blog) that resulted in a few different decision trees to help us better discuss the recommendations of In Place Upgrade… Continue Reading “SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Decision Tree”

Updated Guidance on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade and the FAB 40 application templates

I’ve been telling people that Microsoft would be providing some guidance, and some of that guidance has come. Samantha Robertson a technical writer on the SharePoint team who is the author for much of the upgrade content on 2007 and 2010 on TechNet often… Continue Reading “Updated Guidance on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade and the FAB 40 application templates”

Remove/Deactivate a missing feature for a cleaner upgrade

If you’re running across this blog it’s possible you’re missing a feature or working on upgrade. There are multiple ways to detect missing features including the WssAnalyzeFeatures tool from MSDN and PreUpgradeCheck.  Check out Gilham’s blog on removing missing features for more detail and… Continue Reading “Remove/Deactivate a missing feature for a cleaner upgrade”

We’re Serious – Don’t Modify Your Database or Face Consequences

Today in SharePoint land there was a forum post about what’s ok and not ok around modifying the database.  It’s been a long standing position by the SharePoint team to keep your paws out of the database, but recent rules added into the preupgradecheck… Continue Reading “We’re Serious – Don’t Modify Your Database or Face Consequences”