Perform post-upgrade steps (SharePoint Server 2010)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

After you have performed an in-place upgrade or a database attach upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, you can verify your upgrade and follow the necessary configuration steps to get your environment ready for your users again.

In this section:

• Perform post-upgrade steps for an in-place upgrade (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Before you give your users access to the upgraded environment, perform these steps to make sure everything is working as planned. This article contains steps specific to an in-place upgrade.

• Perform post-upgrade steps for a database attach upgrade (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Similar to the article described above, this article contains steps for making sure that everything is working as planned after a database attach upgrade.

• Configure forms-based authentication for a claims-based Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Upgrade existing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web applications that were configured to use forms-based authentication to work with SharePoint Server 2010.

• Verify upgrade and review upgraded sites (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Find out how to tell whether upgrade was completed successfully (both from the software standpoint and from a visual review of your sites) or any issues remain to address. If you must restart upgrade after a failure, you will find the steps to do so in this article.

• Recovering after a failed upgrade (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Follow these steps if the upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 has failed and you do not have time to continue to troubleshoot the issues or resume the upgrade process.

See Also

Other Resources

Downloadable book: Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010
Resource Center: Upgrade and Migration for SharePoint Server 2010