Mastering Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

14.1. Migration Basics

Let's begin with the basics. A SharePoint migration has far too many potential potholes to fall into for a large-scale software change to be done in a haphazard way. For now, let's look at a good approach for making the migration plunge. After that, feel free to walk away with what works for you and leave the rest behind.

Migrate versus Upgrade: The great linguistic debate Let's get a quick bit of terminology clarified. This chapter uses the terms "upgrade" and "migrate" interchangeably, and it uses the proper term based on which section I am discussing. In the modern world, the two words have picked up the same connotation in many instances. The truth is that most upgradesarenotmigrations, andmanymigrationsarenotupgrades. ...