Download details: Step-by-Step Guide to Migrating from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a server running Windows Small Business Server 2008

Important
SharePoint Foundation 2010 is not included in Windows SBS 2008. Because of this, the following features of Windows SBS 2008 do not work after you migrate to SharePoint Foundation 2010:
•    Fax services for network users
•    Archive e-mail messages that are sent to a security group on a WSS 3.0 website.

Migration Steps :
This section lists the steps necessary to install SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a server running Windows Small Business Server 2008, and then to migrate your WSS 3.0 websites to SharePoint Foundation 2010. Follow the steps in the order listed to migrate successfully.
•    Step 1: Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
•    Step 2: Run the pre-upgrade checker for SharePoint Foundation 2010
•    Step 3: Back up the existing data on your server
•    Step 4: Back up the Windows Internal Database files
•    Step 5: Uninstall Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and edit the Registry
•    Step 6: Install Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 in Farm mode
•    Step 7: Remove the default Web application in SharePoint Central Administration
•    Step 8: Create a new SharePoint application in SharePoint Central Administration
•    Step 9: Detach the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 database from Windows Internal Database
•    Step 10: Connect the ShareWebDb database to SQL Server 2008
•    Step 11: Remove the existing content database
•    Step 12: Connect the ShareWebDb content database
•    Step 13: Recreate the original internal website environment
•    Step 14: Install Windows Small Business Server 2008 Update Rollup 4
•    Step 15: Edit the site bindings for the companyweb site
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Download details: Step-by-Step Guide to Migrating from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a server running Windows Small Business Server 2008