Transcript November 2009

Welcome to the
Minnesota SharePoint
User Group
November 11th, 2009
Prepare for SharePoint 2010
Wes Preston, Brian Caauwe
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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
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What can I do now?
Learn
Prepare
Test
Implement
Validate
• Learn about the new platforms, features and tools
• Read upgrade documentation
• Use pre-upgrade checker command on existing environments
• Test upgrade using Beta 2 bits
• Try proof of concept with current/upgraded customizations
• Upgrade to O12 SP2 (with October 2009 CU a plus)
• Move to 64 bit hardware, operating system, and SQL
• Find issues in Beta
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Learn - Lots of new resources…
• Everyone - Business Users and Decision Makers
– Features and general info
– http://sharepoint.microsoft.com
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http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx
• IT Pros - Installation, Configuration, Migration, Management
– Session this afternoon
– http://mssharepointitpro.com (TechNet)
• Developers:
– Session this afternoon
– http://mssharepointdeveloper.com (MSDN)
• Webcasts:
http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx
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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)
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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
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Prepare - 2007 Environment Inventory
• Customizations
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Solutions
Features
Manual web.config modifications
Manual file changes (DOCICON.xml, icpdf.gif)
3rd Party Solutions  Contact Vendors for Migration Strategy
• Shared Services Provider
– Profile Import Connections
• IIS
– Manual Bindings (SSL / Host Headers)
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Prepare - Reconnect with Users
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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!!
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Prepare - 2007 Environment Cleaning
• STSADM
– EnumAllWebs
– DatabaseRepair
• SharePoint Admin Toolkit
– SPDiag v2
• Quotas and Locks
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Prepare - PowerShell
• Over 500+ new cmdlets
• Remote Access (PowerShell v2)
• Object Model terminology
– SPWebApplication
– SPSite
– SPWeb
• Upgrade cmdlets
– Test-SPContentDatabase
– Upgrade-SPContentDatabase
– Upgrade-SPEnterpriseSearchApplication
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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
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Test
• Build a POC Farm
• Test Different Issues
– Branding
– Customizations
– Downtime
• Use Real Data
– Provide internal benchmark
– Test different upgrade strategies
• 3rd Party Solutions
• Show your users new functionality
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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
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Validate
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Functionality
Branding
Site Templates / Site Definitions
Most upgrade issues are due to customizations
SharePoint Solutions
– SharePoint Features
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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
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Inventory 2007 Environment
Upgrade SP2 + CU
Prepare POC Environment
Learn PowerShell
Start thinking budget for SharePoint 2010
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References
• SharePoint
– http://sharepoint.microsoft.com
– http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com
• IT Professionals
– http://mssharepointitpro.com (TechNet)
• Developers
– http://mssharepointdeveloper.com (MSDN)
• Webcasts
– http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4WebCasts/AllItems.aspx
• SharePoint Administration Toolkit v4
– http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/08/27/announcing-the-fourth-releaseof-the-microsoft-sharepoint-administration-toolkit.aspx
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Q&A
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