Running the Configuration Wizard

The Configuration Wizard, when run, prompts you to upgrade the SharePoint farm immediately, as shown in Figure 5.4. Click Next to start the upgrade process. You will be prompted to restart the IIS and SharePoint services; click Yes when prompted to continue with the upgrade.

Figure 5.4. Performing an in-place upgrade.

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The one additional prompt that you receive when upgrading is a prompt that asks for a passphrase to be specified for the farm. This farm passphrase is used for all new server additions to the farm, so be sure to store it in a safe place. The purpose of the passphrase is to avoid servers being added to the farm without prior consent of an administrator.

After prompting for the farm passphrase, the upgrade wizard prompts you to decide how you want to handle the visual upgrade options, as shown in Figure 5.5. Visual upgrade is a useful process that Microsoft developed that enables SharePoint Site Collections to retain their 2007 look and feel, even though the backend has been migrated to SharePoint 2010. Visual upgrade works for either an in-place or a database attach upgrade and is recommended because it enables your users to get used to the new SharePoint 2010 visuals before they commit to them. More information on a visual upgrade is provided in the subsequent section of this chapter.

Figure 5.5. Selecting visual upgrade settings.

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Choose a visual upgrade option from the list and click Next to continue. The Configuration Wizard gives you one more chance to review settings on the subsequent dialog box, before clicking Next to continue. The Configuration Wizard prompts you with a dialog box that states that you must install the same version of SharePoint 2010 on all members of the farm. Leave the Configuration Wizard, bring all farm members to the same point with the upgrade, and only then continue. If you continue before all farm members are upgraded, the upgrade process may fail.

The upgrade process may take a while, depending on your environment. When it is done, the Configuration Wizard prompts that the configuration is successful but that the upgrade itself is in progress. At this point, you can open the SharePoint Central Admin (SPCA) tool and view the upgrade status from the Upgrade and Migration area, as shown in Figure 5.6. When the upgrade is complete, this area lists a status of Succeeded.

Figure 5.6. Viewing migration status.

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If you choose to allow for previewing of the visuals first, you need to go through the visual upgrade steps, outlined in later sections of this chapter. Skip the “Performing a Database Attach Upgrade” section and proceed to the “Using Visual Upgrade” section for the next steps involved in the upgrade process.

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