Creating a Prototype Test Environment
As previously mentioned, it is critical to test the migration process in a lab environment. Doing so requires the current SharePoint 2007 environment to be restored onto a separate server, and then upgraded via either the gradual or in-place migration options described in this chapter. By doing this, the actual production environment remains untouched, and a full discovery of the types of issues that might be experienced during the migration can be uncovered.
It is ideal to have knowledge workers for each site test out the migrated site on the prototype server in advance. By giving the prototype server a different Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), both the legacy 2007 site and the migrated 2010 version ...
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