Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group November 11 th, 2009 Prepare for SharePoint 2010 Wes Preston, Brian Caauwe Meeting # 60

*Disclaimer* All of the information gathered and presented today is based on versions of the software prior to final release. Features and functionality *may still change* before the RTM versions are available. Many of the slides and graphics presented today were originally released and presented at SPC 09

What can I do now? Learn about the new platforms, features and tools Read upgrade documentation Learn Use pre-upgrade checker command on existing environments Prepare Test upgrade using Beta 2 bits Try proof of concept with current/upgraded customizations Test Upgrade to O12 SP2 (with October 2009 CU a plus) Move to 64 bit hardware, operating system, and SQL Implement Find issues in Beta Validate

Learn - Lots of new resources… Everyone - Business Users and Decision Makers – Features and general info – IT Pros - Installation, Configuration, Migration, Management – Session this afternoon – (TechNet) Developers: – Session this afternoon – (MSDN) Webcasts:

Prepare - Understand Upgrade Paths SharePoint – Windows SharePoint Services v3  SharePoint Foundation 2010 – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007  SharePoint Server 2010 – There is no v2 to v4 direct path Existing v2 (WSS or SPS) must be upgraded to v3 (WSS or MOSS) first SQL – No Windows Internal Database – SQL Express (4GB database limit) – SQL Standard / Enterprise (No database size limit)

Prepare Environment Inventory Servers – Operating System Patches – SharePoint Patch Level Services Accounts – Service Applications – Web Application Associations Web Applications – Alternate Access Mappings – Authentication Providers Databases – Content – Configuration

Prepare Environment Inventory Customizations – Solutions – Features – Manual web.config modifications – Manual file changes (DOCICON.xml, icpdf.gif) – 3 rd Party Solutions  Contact Vendors for Migration Strategy Shared Services Provider – Profile Import Connections IIS – Manual Bindings (SSL / Host Headers)

Prepare - Reconnect with Users Ask your users how they are using your solutions Determine dead sites Remove data clutter Prioritize items that are fixed in 2010 Re-visit information architecture Build internal buzz Start communication early!!

Prepare Environment Cleaning STSADM – EnumAllWebs – DatabaseRepair SharePoint Admin Toolkit – SPDiag v2 Quotas and Locks

Prepare - PowerShell Over 500+ new cmdlets Remote Access (PowerShell v2) Object Model terminology – SPWebApplication – SPSite – SPWeb Upgrade cmdlets – Test-SPContentDatabase – Upgrade-SPContentDatabase – Upgrade-SPEnterpriseSearchApplication

Prepare - Understand Hardware Requirements ALL your hardware needs to be x64 SharePoint Servers – Windows Server 2008 SP2 (plus KB ) – Windows Server 2008 R2 (plus KB *) SQL Servers – SQL 2005 SP3 (plus CU 3 – KB ) – SQL 2008 SP1 (plus CU 2 – KB ) Development – Windows 7 – Hyper-V – VMWare * Not publically available as of 11/11/09

Test Build a POC Farm Test Different Issues – Branding – Customizations – Downtime Use Real Data – Provide internal benchmark – Test different upgrade strategies 3 rd Party Solutions Show your users new functionality

Implement Upgrade to SharePoint Service Pack 2 + October 2009 CU – STSADM PreUpgradeCheck Hardware x64 Compliant Services Architecture requires additional resources CPU Recommendations – Dual Processor - 3GHz RAM Recommendations – SharePoint Evaluation - 4GB Production - 8GB – SQL - 16GB

Validate Functionality Branding Site Templates / Site Definitions Most upgrade issues are due to customizations SharePoint Solutions – SharePoint Features

What can I do now? - Recap Sign up for the Beta Read about 2010 – Server 2008 R2 – Office Client 2010 Reengage with users – Identify business wins for migration Inventory 2007 Environment Upgrade SP2 + CU Prepare POC Environment Learn PowerShell Start thinking budget for SharePoint 2010

References SharePoint – – IT Professionals – (TechNet) Developers – (MSDN) Webcasts – SharePoint Administration Toolkit v4 – of-the-microsoft-sharepoint-administration-toolkit.aspx of-the-microsoft-sharepoint-administration-toolkit.aspx

Q & A

Thanks for coming!