Resource – Migrating SBS 2003 v2 SharePoint to SBS 2011 SharePoint Foundation

Robert Crane has an excellent guide on the process of migrating the v2 SharePoint instance found in SBS 2003 to the SharePoint Foundation instance found in SBS 2011

We have added the description to the titles:

• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 1 – Caveats and Considerations
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 2 – Preparation Steps on v2
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 3 – Upgrading the v2 Db to v3
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 4 – Attaching the now v3 Db to SP v3 
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 5 – Check the v3 Site for Migration Readiness
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 6 – Move Dbs from v3 to SBS 2011
• SBS 2003 Companyweb migration – Part 7 – Post Migration Clean-up
• The seventh part is not yet available as of this writing.

Robert is an excellent resource for SharePoint related issues. The above steps assume a fairly mundane SBS 2003 SharePoint v2 setup. For highly customized SharePoint sites, please e-mail Robert to arrange for him to consult or provide technical migration services.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

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