Upgrade Toolkit for Windows SharePoint Services Sites and Templates Guide

Brief Description

Guidance and tools to enable IT Pros to upgrade custom Windows® SharePoint® Services 2.0 sites and templates to function in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.

Overview

The Toolkit serves three main purposes:

To provide IT professionals with the guidance and tools they need to upgrade customized Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 sites and site templates to function in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment.

To provide a set of upgraded application templates for Windows SharePoint Services based on those currently published for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on TechNet.

To provide instructions for installing these application templates in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment.

The 60 page guide covers the following topics:

Ch 1: Introduction. Introduces the Upgrade Toolkit for Windows SharePoint Services Sites and Templates, explaining its purpose, scope, audience, and contents.
Ch 2: Planning Your Template Upgrade. Examines the site and site template upgrade process from beginning to end and gives you necessary information for planning your upgrade strategy. It explains that the upgrade process has two stages: one to perform before your Windows SharePoint Services environment is upgraded to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and one to perform after the upgrade.
Ch 3: Preparing a Site Template Based on a Customized Site Definition. If you determine, based on Chapter 2, that one or more of your site templates are based on customized site definitions, this chapter will familiarize you with upgrade definition files and new site definitions.
Ch 4: Stage 1: Before Upgrading to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Describes the Stage 1 site template upgrade steps that you must perform before starting the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 upgrade.
Ch 5: Stage 2: After Upgrading to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Describes the Stage 2 site template upgrade steps that you must perform after finishing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 upgrade.
Ch 6: The Upgraded Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services. Lists and describes the function of each of the upgraded application templates for Windows SharePoint Services and gives you detailed instructions for installing the application templates in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment.
Ch 7: Troubleshooting. Provides workarounds and fixes for problems you may encounter.
Appendix: Glossary. Lists the relevant terms used in this solution accelerator.

Also included in this toolkit are:

A set of command scripts to streamline some of the server tasks during the site and template upgrade
A set of upgraded application templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. To get these templates, click here.

To view this solution online at TechNet, click here.

Send questions or feedback to us directly at CISfdbk@microsoft.com

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 (available as a free download) can be used to view Word documents.

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Instructions

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Accept the Microsoft Software License Terms.
Follow the steps in the installation process to complete the installation.
Find the installed files by looking in All Programs in the Start menu for a shortcut.

Or, to save the .msi file to your preferred location on your computer for later installation, click Save.

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