Don’t upgrade to SharePoint 2013!

- David Lozzi, Slalom Consulting

Who am I?

SharePoint Architect with Slalom Consulting

Mail: david.lozzi@slalom.com

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SHAREPOINT 2013WHAT’S ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR?

Maybe before we rush to adopt SharePoint 2013 we

should stop to consider the consequences of

blithely giving this technology such a central

position in our lives…credit: http://xkcd.com/1215/

What’s all the excitement for?

Search is robust and the core of most of what you see.

Social computing

New site templates, communities

Apps & Marketplace

Mobile device support

Supports browsers other than IE

Branding, design, look and feel

SkyDrive Pro

Task List Aggregation

Cross-Site Publishing

Web content management

Shredded storage

Doesn’t everyone just upgrade anyway?

Current installed SharePoint versions. Source: Metalogix Survey from SPC 2012

WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO UPGRADE?

Now!

Just do it.

If it’s newer, it’s better.

It’s shiny.

Why that’s bad

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it

Guinea pig

Windows ME, Vista, (8?)

Self-Justification

The Joneses

Happier users

Stay current

Why that’s bad

Not the right fit

Doesn’t benefit the overall business goals

See a need, fill a need

Does it make sense

Fit into your requirements

Features vs cost

Why that’s bad

Um, it isn’t

What’s all the excitement for?

Search is robust and the core of most of what you see.

Social computing

New site templates, communities

Apps & Marketplace

Mobile device support

Supports browsers other than IE

Branding, design, look and feel

SkyDrive Pro

Task List Aggregation

Cross-Site Publishing

Web content management

Shredded storage

End of Life

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx

Mainstream: MS’s normal support options

Extended: No free incident support, warranty claims, design changes/requests, but you still get security updates, paid support, and web based support (KB).

Version Mainstream Extended

SharePoint 2013 4/10/2018 4/11/2023

SharePoint 2010 10/13/2015 10/13/2020

SharePoint 2007 10/9/2012 10/10/2017

SharePoint 2003 4/14/2009 4/8/2014

What’s the cost to upgrade?

What’s the cost?

Increased hardware requirements

New servers, licenses, CALs

No In-Place upgrade option, use detach/attach method

It’s a migration process, to a new farm

SP2010

What’s the cost?

Upgrading from 2007, requires upgrading to 2010 first, then upgrade to 20133rd party solutions available

Upgrading from 2003, good luck

SP2007 SP2010

What’s the cost?

Upgrade custom solutions

Move to 2013 Apps?Farm solutions

Sandbox solutions

Visual Studio 2012 for developers

Development environments

Rebuild branding to fit 2013 styling

Implement the enterprise application store

What’s the cost?

TrainingDevelopers: new APIs, Apps model, etc.

Users and power users

IT administration and maintenance

User Adoption

Will you upgrade?

YES I WANT TO UPGRADE!

Upgrade from 2010

Create a new SP2013 Farm

Detach/attach databases

Apply customizations

Upgrade site collections

SP2010

GOING

Hybrid

It’s all the craze, energy savings, save gas, it’s cool…

Running multiple farms/environments in multiple versions to leverage the best features to fit your needs

Allows for a stepped approach to upgrading

HybridNumber of farms at an organization

Source Metalogix Survey from SPC 2012

Hybrid

Source: Metalogix Survey from SPC 2012

Keep your SharePoint 2010 farm

SP2010

Create a SharePoint 2013 farm

Upgrade Service Applications

Business Data Connectivity

Managed Metadata

Performance Point

SP2010

Secure Store

Search

User Profile

Configure and publish 2013 services

Consume services on 2010

SP2010

Migrate site collections to SP2013SP2010

Additional SP2013 farms

SP2010

Go to

SP2010

Bringing it home

Should I Upgrade?

Or Shouldn’t I?

Should I Upgrade?Search is robust and the core of most of what you see.

Social computing

New site templates, communities

Apps & Marketplace

Mobile device support

Supports browsers other than IE

Branding, design, look and feel

SkyDrive Pro

Task List Aggregation

Cross-Site Publishing

Web content management

Shredded storage

Increased hardware requirements

New servers, licenses, CALs

No In-Place upgrade option, use detach/attach method

It’s a migration process, to a new farm

Upgrading from 2007, requires upgrading to 2010 first, then upgrade to 2013

Upgrading from 2003, good luck

Upgrade custom solutions

Move to 2013 Apps

Visual Studio 2012 for developers

Development environments

Rebuild branding to fit 2013 styling

Implement the enterprise application store

Training

User Adoption

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