Notes :
- If you decide to updgrade a WSS application to SPS you will have
to restore each virtual server.
- If WSS was installed in Active Directory mode or in host header mode,
it can’t be upgraded to SPS.
To upgrade, follow these steps:
- Record the database settings used by each virtual server.
- Record the Application Pool settings used by use top-level site in
IIS.
- Install and configure SharePoint Portal Server.
- Re-extend each virtual server.
- Connect the existing sites to the portal server.
- Link the existing sites to the Sites Directory in the Portal.
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