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administrator to preview how the site looks with the SharePoint Server 2010 user
interface before committing to it. This setting is at the site level, allowing for a very
granular, flexible experience.
Figure 1: Visual Upgrade Options
Upgrade Logging
The logging capabilities have been expanded and standardized, allowing for easier,
more consistent reporting on the upgrade process. This includes the creation of a
unique log for each upgrade. Also, an errors-only log is generated, which reduces the
need to look through the full logs to discover issues.
Upgrade Scenario
To better understand the upgrade process, consider the following scenario. Randy has
been tasked with upgrading his Office SharePoint Server 2007 farm to SharePoint Server
2010 while incurring as little downtime as possible. It will be acceptable for the data to
be read-only during the upgrade. Randy will be deploying SharePoint Server 2010 on
new hardware and will be performing the upgrade by using the database attach
method.
To begin the process, Randy has tested and updated the server running Office
SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2 and all applicable cumulative updates. Now
he can run Stsadm.exe –o preupgradecheck. He uses the output to verify that his farm