What's new in SharePoint 2013 installation? In this course, you'll learn about what's new, and what's changed, with a SharePoint Server 2013 installation and upgrade. After completing this course, you will be able to plan a SharePoint Server 2013 upgrade for including the planning tasks, supported upgrade paths, and best practices involved. You will also learn how to perform, verify, and troubleshoot a SharePoint Server 2013 upgrade, and you will also be able to perform required post-upgrade tasks. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 certification exam (70-332).
Learning Objectives
Planning an Upgrade to SharePoint Server 2013
- start the course
- recognize new upgrade features of SharePoint Server 2013
- identify the services that can be migrated
- describe the concept of "Database Attach Upgrade"
- sequence the steps in the SharePoint Server 2013 upgrade
- describe the concept of Touch Points
- identify supported upgrade paths
- identify Microsoft's best practices for a SharePoint upgrade
- describe how to create a SharePoint Farm inventory
- list the SharePoint Server pre-upgrade tasks
Performing an Upgrade to SharePoint Server 2013
- describe how to upgrade content databases
- identify how to use Windows PowerShell to upgrade content databases
- back up a content database
- restore a database into SQL Server
- create a new SharePoint 80 web application
- describe the role of authentication providers
- verify a content database upgrade
- troubleshoot a content database upgrade
- view a log file after an upgrade
Performing Post-Upgrade Tasks
- identify the site collection upgrade process
- recognize how evaluation upgrades work
- describe upgrade shock
- identify the pre-upgrade checks for a site collection
- complete a site evaluation and pre-upgrade checks
- describe site collection upgrade queueing
- describe site collection upgrade throttling
- verify a site collection upgrade
Practice: Upgrade SharePoint Server 2013
- upgrade to SharePoint Server 2013