Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices

Chapter 22. Upgrading from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007

In this chapter:
Overview of the Four Migration Methods
Pre-upgrade Tasks
Upgrading Customizations
Post-upgrade Tasks
Upgrading Shared Services
Combining Migration Methods
Upgrading Between Active Directory Forests
When to Use the Different Upgrade Methods
Summary
Additional Resources

Upgrading from one platform to another is always a chore, but this chore has been made somewhat easier by the development of several migration paths from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. These paths provide different ways of migrating information from the old platform to the new. In addition, these paths have significant tradeoffs ...