Introduction to SharePoint 2013 Upgrade

Alexander Krupsky

SharePoint Team Lead

1. SharePoint 2010 Update

2. What's new in SharePoint 2013 upgrade

3. The sequence of upgrade stages

4. Create SharePoint 2013 farm

5. Copy databases to new farm

6. Upgrade service application

7. Upgrade content database

8. Upgrade site collection

9. Checklists for reviewing upgraded sites

Table of contents

What we know about SharePoint 2010 update?

In-place update

Database-attach update

SharePoint 2010 Update

In-place upgrade of the farm is not supported

Database-attach upgrade is available for some service application databases

Deferred site collection upgrade

Site collection health checker

Upgrade evaluation site collections

Notifications for life-cycle events

Throttles for site collection upgrade

True “SharePoint 2010” instead of visual upgrade

Log files now in ULS format

What's new in SharePoint 2013 upgrade

The sequence of upgrade stages

Create SharePoint 2013 farm

Copy databases to new farm

Upgrade service application

Upgrade content database

Upgrade site collection. Health checks

Upgrade a site collection

Web Parts

Large lists

Styles and appearance

Customized (unghosted) pages

Checklists for reviewing upgraded sites

Applause