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Madrid, 10 de Octubre

Upgrading to SharePoint 2013: A Methodical Approach

Michael NoelCCO

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Michael Noel• Author of SAMS Publishing titles “SharePoint 2013 Unleashed,” “Exchange Server

2013 Unleashed”, “Windows Server 2012 Unleashed,” and over fifteen other titles with worldwide circulation of over a quarter million in 20 languages worldwide

• Partner at Convergent Computing (www.cco.com / +1(510)444-5700) – San Francisco, U.S.A. based Infrastructure/Security specialists for SharePoint, AD, Exchange, Security

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What we will cover

• Upgrade Fundamentals• Requirements for Upgrade• Version to Version and Build to Build Specifics• Third-Party vs. MS Approach

• Pre-Upgrade Tasks• Claims Upgrade• Content Upgrade• Service Application Upgrade

• Managed Metadata Upgrade• User Profile Synch Upgrade

• Post-Upgrade Tasks

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Upgrade Fundamentals

Understanding the Best Practices around SharePoint 2013 Upgrade

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Upgrade to SharePoint 2013

• In-Place Upgrade is NOT Supported• Database Attach is the only supported MS upgrade option• Only the following databases can be upgraded:• Content Databases• Business Data Connectivity• Managed Metadata• PerformancePoint• Secure Store• Search• User Profile (Profile, Social, and Sync DBs)

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Assessing What to Upgrade

• Just because you can upgrade a Service Application DB, doesn’t mean that you necessarily should• Only upgrade those SAs that have critical data in them. If you haven’t

invested anything into UPA or the Managed Metadata store, simply create new ones in SP 2013.• This will keep the process simple.• A content-only migration can be made relatively simple by following

this rule

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Upgrade to SharePoint 2013• Microsoft Approach ONLY allows upgrade from SharePoint 2010

directly to SharePoint 2013• Upgrades from SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2003 must first

upgrade to SharePoint 2010 first.• 3rd Party tools remedy this, but for additional cost

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Upgrade to SharePoint 2013• Build to Build and Version to Version are Supported• But can’t move ‘down’ in versions…• For example, the following is supported:

• SP Foundation 2010 to SP Foundation 2013• SP Foundation 2010 to SP Server 2013 (Std. or Ent)• SP Server 2010 Std. to SP Server 2013 Std.• SP Server 2010 Std. to SP Server 2013 Ent.• SP Server 2010 Ent. to SP Server 2013 Ent.

• But the following is NOT supported:• Ent to Std.• Server to SPF

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Upgrade: Chance to Rearchitect• Design completely new farm

based on Best Practices• Move to new version of SQL

(2012 ideally,) including moving off of SQL Express• Incorporate High Availability and

Disaster Tolerance• Prepare the new farm in tandem,

while the old one is running – test for functionality and upgrade

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Upgrade: Take Advantage of SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups

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Upgrade: Test the Process

• Run a ‘dry run’ of the migration process on the newly built SharePoint farm• Test out migration of all content, ideally• At a minimum, a ‘spot migration’ of content should be performed• Have content owners identify if migration was successful• When complete, delete the databases and migrate again


Prepare for UpgradeA Cautioned Approach

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Prepare for Upgrade

• Recreate the following on the new farm:• Alternate access mappings• Authentication providers and authentication modes that are being used• Quota templates• Managed paths• Self-service site management settings• Incoming and outgoing e-mail settings• Customizations (solution packages, etc.)• Certificates

• Clean up the SP 2010 farm for upgrade:• Check for and repair all database consistency errors. • Turn off Web Analytics service application• Remove PowerPoint Broadcast Sites

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Prepare for Upgrade

• DB Schema upgrade and Site Collection Upgrade is now separate, allows Site Collection owners to ‘preview’ the new visuals before comitting.• Upgrade keeps SharePoint 2010 in ‘native’ format, by providing both a

‘14’ and a ’15’ hive on the web role servers• Avoids the majority of issues that have affected SharePoint upgrades

in the past by allowing them to be previewed• Not a long term solution, preferred to move to SharePoint 2013 mode

quickly, and administrators can force site collection upgrades by a certain point in time


Claims Migration

Classic mode Auth to Claims Auth Migration

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Claims Migration

• Classic Mode Auth Web Apps in SharePoint 2010 (the default) need to be migrated to Claims first before Upgrade• Exception is if you create a Classic-Auth Web App in SharePoint 2013

(not recommended)• Requires PowerShell scripting to be done on the SP2010 Server in

advance• Alerts may need to be regenerated after the claims migration and

Search may have issues (known work-arounds exist)

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Claims Migration

• $WebAppName = "http://old.companyabc.com"• $wa = get-SPWebApplication $WebAppName• $wa.UseClaimsAuthentication = $true• $wa.Update()• $account = "COMPANYABC\SHAREPOINTADMIN"• $account = (New-SPClaimsPrincipal -identity $account -identitytype 1).ToEncodedString()• $wa = get-SPWebApplication $WebAppName• $zp = $wa.ZonePolicies("Default")• $p = $zp.Add($account,"PSPolicy")• $fc=$wa.PolicyRoles.GetSpecialRole("FullControl")• $p.PolicyRoleBindings.Add($fc)• $wa.Update()• $wa.MigrateUsers($true)• $wa.ProvisionGlobally()


Content Upgrade

Core Upgrade Concerns

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Content Database Overview1. Test Upgrade Process using Test-SPContentDatabase cmdlet2. Create new SP 2013 Farm with same AAMs3. Create a web application (delete default DB)4. Set source DB to ‘Read-Only’5. Backup existing Content DB6. Restore Content DB to new SQL Server7. Run Mount-SPContentDatabase cmdlet to upgrade DB schema8. Run Get-SPSite –ContentDatabase CONTENTDBNAME –Limit All

| Upgrade-SPSite –VersionUpgrade to upgrade Site Collections

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Content Upgrade• Test the Content Databases

for upgrade using the Test-SPContentDatabase cmdlet• Address issues before

migrating• Example: Test-

SPContentDatabase -ServerInstance SQLSERVERNAME -Name DBNAME -WebApplication http://webapptargetname

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Content Upgrade• After issues have been resolved, use Mount-SPContentDatabase

to mount DB in SharePoint 2013• Percentage indicator will show how long the upgrade will take

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Content Upgrade• Second set of PowerShell commands continues the upgrade• Get-SPSite –ContentDatabase CONTENTDBNAME –Limit All |

Upgrade-SPSite -VersionUpgrade

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Content Upgrade• Check the status of the

upgrade using Get-SPSiteUpgradeSessionInfo• Syntax: Get-

SPSiteUpgradeSessionInfo –ContentDatabase CONTENTDBNAME –ShowInProgress –ShowCompleted -ShowFailed

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Site Collection Health Checks

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Upgraded Site Collection Visuals


Service Application Upgrade

Proceed with Caution

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Service Application Upgrade

• Some Service Apps DBs can be Upgraded• UPA (Sync, Social, and Profile Databases)• Project Databases (all 4 databases get merged into 1 in SharePoint 2013)• Secure Store Database• Social Database• Search Admin Database• Managed Metadata Database

• Web Analytics is Retired• Other Service Apps do not store any data that requires migration• Process for migrating each Service App is as follows:

• Create or Declare existing Application pool for Service Application• Restore Service Application database• Create Service Application Proxy

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step• Create the new Service Application Pool on the 2013 Server that

will house the old 2010 DB• Use New-SPServiceApplicationPool cmdlet

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step• 2nd step is to reference the restored database for upgrade• Use New-SPMetadataServiceApplication cmdlet to create the

connection between the S.A. and the DB

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step• 3rd step is to create the Service Application Proxy• Use the New-SPMetadataServiceApplicationProxy cmdlet

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step• The Managed Metadata Service Application should then be

visible in SPCA

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step

• And the Term Store should then be visible

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Service App Upgrade – Managed Metadata Service Step-by-Step• Finally, change the Content Type Hub URL using the following

cmdlet (note that –HubUri is used…the ‘i’ is accurate.)

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step

• Use the miiskmu tool to export out the UPA key

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• Run through the MIISKMU tool and export the key sets

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• Enter Credentials that run the current SP2010 UPA

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• Create the new Service Application Pool for the UPA

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• You must find the GUID of the new UPA using a SQL Query

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• The GUID is then used in the creation of the new Service

Application Proxy for the UPA

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• The UPA will then be visible as a Service Application from within

SPCA

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• Copy the encryption key to the bin folder• Use the /? to find

the GUID of the key

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Service App Upgrade – User Profile Sync Step-by-Step• Inject the key using the GUID provided and the command syntax

below

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GRACIAS POR SU ATENCIÓN

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