Project Server 2016 Upgrade Overview steps

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Overview of the Project Sever 2016 Upgrade

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    1. Create the SharePoint Server 2016 farm installation and enable Project Server 2016. Project Server 2016 installs with SharePoint Server 2016 and the Project Server service application needs to be started.(https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262957(v=office.16).aspx)

    2. Copy and move your databases from your Project Server 2013 database server to the database server that hosts your Project Server 2016 installation. These databases are:

      • Project Server 2013 databases
      • SharePoint 2013 content database that contains your project site collections

    3. Use the Mount-SPContentDatabase PowerShell cmdlet to attach and upgrade the SharePoint 2013 content database containing your Project site data to the Project Server 2016.

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    4. Test Content Database
      Test-SPContentDatabase -Name <database name> -WebApplication <Web application name>

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    5. Attach and upgrade Project Server 2013 Database
      Migrate-SPProjectDatabase -DatabaseName <database name> -SiteCollection <PWA site URL>

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    6. Upgrade your resource plans to resource engagements
      Migrate-SPProjectResourcePlans -URL <PWA site URL>

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