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SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration – Chapter 7 - Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site

Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site

This chapter covers the migration of data in the CompanyWeb - http://companyweb, a Windows SharePoint Site from SBS 2003 to a site called OldCompanyWeb on SBS 2008.

SBS 2008 ships with Windows SharePoint v3 which is different enough to stop a simple import of data from the Windows SharePoint v2 site that is hosted on SBS 2003. For that reason the recommended approach is to have two sites and to advise the users to utilise the new site going forward, but to retain data in the old site too. Should it be desired, the data and documents can be copied between the sites once the migration is completed.

This chapter walks you through:

  • On the SBS 2003 server
    • Prepare and check CompanyWeb on SBS 2003 for migration
    • Backup the database
    • Copy the files to a removable device or create a network share
  • On the SBS 2008 server
    • Configure the DNS for the migrated site
    • Import the data
    • Create the OldCompanyWeb site
    • Tidy up the site

To order the book, go to http://davidoverton.com/r.ashx?1M . To find out more about my SBS 2008 BOOK - SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration click here 

thanks David

 

Posted Mon, Apr 13 2009 8:54 AM by David Overton
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Roy wrote re: SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration – Chapter 7 - Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site
on Tue, Apr 14 2009 1:15 AM

Thanks for this super important info that you have on your blog I interesting on order your book

David Overton wrote re: SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration – Chapter 7 - Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site
on Tue, Apr 14 2009 3:41 PM

Roy,

it is available to pre-order and is being printed as we speak.

David

Matthew Webster wrote re: SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration – Chapter 7 - Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site
on Fri, Apr 17 2009 7:25 PM

David,

I am doing a SBS2K3 to SBS2K8 Migration. The client does not want to migrate Sharepoint, they just want to use SharePoint V3 on the new SBS Box. I have migrated everything over, but the "http://Companyweb" goes to the old box, and I do not see Sharepoint on the new box. How do I go about correcting this?

Matt

David Overton wrote re: SBS 2008, Installation, Migration and Configuration – Chapter 7 - Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint site
on Sat, Apr 18 2009 9:42 PM

Matt,

Check the DNS settings - check that the entry for CompanyWeb points to the IP address of the SBS 2008 server.

thanks

David

David Overton's Blog wrote David Overton's first book - Installing and Configuring SBS 2008, including migration from SBS 2003
on Wed, Apr 22 2009 7:20 AM

[updated 22nd April 2009] Hi, This page is not quite finished, however the book is! If you are interested

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