1. http://www.sharepointmn.com Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group November 11 th, 2009 Prepare for SharePoint 2010 Wes Preston, Brian Caauwe Meeting # 60

2. *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 http://www.sharepointmn.com

3. What can I do now? http://www.sharepointmn.com 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

4. Learn - Lots of new resources… Everyone - Business Users and Decision Makers – Features and general info – http://sharepoint.microsoft.com http://sharepoint.microsoft.com http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx IT Pros - Installation, Configuration, Migration, Management – Session this afternoon – http://mssharepointitpro.com (TechNet) http://mssharepointitpro.com Developers: – Session this afternoon – http://mssharepointdeveloper.com (MSDN) http://mssharepointdeveloper.com Webcasts: http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx http://www.sharepointmn.com

5. 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) http://www.sharepointmn.com

6. Prepare - 2007 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 http://www.sharepointmn.com

7. Prepare - 2007 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) http://www.sharepointmn.com

8. 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!! http://www.sharepointmn.com

9. Prepare - 2007 Environment Cleaning STSADM – EnumAllWebs – DatabaseRepair SharePoint Admin Toolkit – SPDiag v2 Quotas and Locks http://www.sharepointmn.com

10. Prepare - PowerShell http://www.sharepointmn.com Over 500+ new cmdlets Remote Access (PowerShell v2) Object Model terminology – SPWebApplication – SPSite – SPWeb Upgrade cmdlets – Test-SPContentDatabase – Upgrade-SPContentDatabase – Upgrade-SPEnterpriseSearchApplication

11. Prepare - Understand Hardware Requirements ALL your hardware needs to be x64 SharePoint Servers – Windows Server 2008 SP2 (plus KB 971831) – Windows Server 2008 R2 (plus KB 976462*) SQL Servers – SQL 2005 SP3 (plus CU 3 – KB 967909) – SQL 2008 SP1 (plus CU 2 – KB 968369) Development – Windows 7 – Hyper-V – VMWare * Not publically available as of 11/11/09 http://www.sharepointmn.com

12. Test http://www.sharepointmn.com 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

13. Implement http://www.sharepointmn.com 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

14. Validate Functionality Branding Site Templates / Site Definitions Most upgrade issues are due to customizations SharePoint Solutions – SharePoint Features http://www.sharepointmn.com

15. What can I do now? - Recap http://www.sharepointmn.com 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

16. References SharePoint – http://sharepoint.microsoft.com http://sharepoint.microsoft.com – http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com IT Professionals – http://mssharepointitpro.com (TechNet) http://mssharepointitpro.com Developers – http://mssharepointdeveloper.com (MSDN) http://mssharepointdeveloper.com Webcasts – http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx SharePoint Administration Toolkit v4 – http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/08/27/announcing-the-fourth-release- of-the-microsoft-sharepoint-administration-toolkit.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/08/27/announcing-the-fourth-release- of-the-microsoft-sharepoint-administration-toolkit.aspx http://www.sharepointmn.com

17. Q & A http://www.sharepointmn.com

18. Thanks for coming! http://www.sharepointmn.com