Plan and prepare for upgrade

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2007-08-25

In this chapter:

• Chapter overview: Plan and prepare for upgrade

• Determine upgrade approach

• How the upgrade process works (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Review system requirements for upgrade (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Estimate how long the upgrade process will take and the amount of space needed (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Create communication plan (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Use a trial upgrade to find potential issues (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Determine how to handle customizations (Windows SharePoint Services)

• Develop new custom site definitions and create upgrade definition files (Windows SharePoint Services)