Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator's Companion

Summary

This chapter detailed how you might plan and implement an upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Both of these products have similar functionality, as well as a similar look and feel and, therefore, you may find that you and your users may need little or no training to use the new version, however they will need to be involved in the upgrade process. There are differences, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is based on ASP.NET 2.0, branding and customization is different; there is no longer an ISAPI filter; search uses SharePoint search and not SQL Server Full Text Search. You can upgrade your Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web sites to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web sites using one of three ...