1. Is your SharePoint EnvironmentWebinar - October 20th, 2011 1PM EST optimized For maximum ROI? Planning to upgrade From SharePoint 2007 To SharePoint 2010 1

2. Why Upgrade to SharePoint 2010: What are the key drivers that have motivated SharePoint 2007 users to upgrade?Deployment Options: Which deployment strategy is best for you and how to evaluate your options?Assessing the health of your SharePoint site: Introduction to the M.R.S. SharePoint Health CheckM.R.S. SharePoint Support Services: Application and Administration Service Level Agreements M.R.S. Proof of Concept ProgramQ&A Interactive with follow up next steps 2

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4. SharePoint Future Predictions - Gartner 4

5. Why Upgrade to SharePoint 2010? 5

6. 17K+ Customers, 100M Licenses Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants, Forrester WaveTM Continued Platform and Application Innovation 4,000+ Partners Today across Collaboration, Content Management and SearchSharePoint is the fastest-growing product in Microsofts history... And this is just thebeginning: SharePoint continues to grow as customers are just beginning to apply it toa wide array of business issues and processes.- AMR RESEARCH, APRIL 22, 2008 6

7. Make adoption even easierFirst-class user experience across PC, Browser and PhoneInvest in even more application functionalityOut of the box integrationGreater Extensibility and InteroperabilityFamiliar tools and integration with Line of Business dataContinue investing in IT and DeveloperManageability and LifecycleEnterprise-class manageability & Application Lifecycle Management 7

8. Business Collaboration Platform 8

9. How to Upgrade to SharePoint 2010? 9

10. Upgrading options to SharePoint 2010 What is a SharePoint Farm A collection of one or more SharePoint Servers and SQL Servers providing a set of basic SharePoint Services bound together by a single configuration database in SQL server. Key Components: Web Front End Servers: WSS / SharePoint Foundation Web Application Service Application Servers: Search Server Excel Services PerformancePoint Services Access Services Visio Services SQL server 10

11. Upgrade Planning Tips http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261992.aspx 11

12. Whats New with the Upgrade in SP2010 12

13. Option: In-Place Upgrade 13

14. Option: In-Place UpgradePros ConsEasiest fairly painless Must be same version/typeWill update multi-server farm No pause or rollback once started.Keeps all your farm settings. Farm not available for users during theWill upgrade most customizations. actual upgrade processNo need to rebuild servers if 64bit Upgrade only One Content Database at a time. Sequentially.An be combined with hybrid Length of time can be significant, depending on Content Size and number of them. 14

15. Option: Standard DB Attach 15

16. Option: Standard DB AttachPros ConsCan upgrade multiple Content Databases Does NOT Keeps all your farm settings.at a time. Faster upgrade time with large Must be re-entered manually.number of content databases.Can update and combine multiple farms Customization have to be moved to the new environment. Including 3rd party software.Cleanest, basically new farm with new Farm not available for users during thenaming conventions, settings and actual upgrade process.configured services.More control. If moving to a new SQL version or hardware, must understand the backup- restore tools of SQL server.Can be different version/type New farm must be pre-built and ready, before upgrade can start. Hardware delays will affect it. 16

17. New Option: Hybrid 1, Read-Only DB 17

18. New Option: Hybrid 1, Read-Only DB 18

19. New Option: Hybrid 1, Read-Only DBPros ConsMinimal downtime. Old farm continues Server and farm settings are notto run while upgrade is happening. upgraded. Must manually transfer settings from the old farm.Can upgrade to new hardware at the Customizations must be transferred,same time higher risk of things not working because of thisUpgrade multiple content DB as the Copying DB over network can be timesame time, faster upgrade. consuming, if there are large content DB Need direct access to DB servers. 19

20. New Option: Hybrid 2 20

21. New Option: Hybrid 2 21

22. New Option: Hybrid 2 Pros Cons Keeps all your farm settings. (in Copying DB over network takes Place part) time because of bandwidth. Quick (Detach/Attach part) Need direct access to the DB Can do multiple Content DB servers. Customizations are available after upgrade but may need re-work 22

23. Whats Best for you? 23

24. Health Check 24

25. Health Check 25

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27. Standard Application and Administration SLA 27

28. Enhanced Application Support SLA 28

29. M.R.S. Proof of Concept Program 29

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31. How to begin your SharePoint Journey 31

32. Why M.R.S.? 32

33. Thank You 33

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