WSS3.0 to SharePoint Foundation 2010 upgrade
Solution 1:
You will want to do what is called a "database attach upgrade" of your 2007 data. The basic outline of what happens is that you:
- setup your SharePoint 2010 farm (make sure that all the settings are setup how you want them, and that you include all custom/3rd party solutions and web parts)
- backup your SharePoint 2007 database(s)
- restore your database(s) to the SharePoint 2010 Database
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Add your new database/site to the SharePoint 2010 farm using the command:
stsadm -o addcontentdb -url <URL> -databasename <database name>
(this will upgrade your database to the 2010 format at the same time) - Upgrade the site(s) to use the new SharePoint 2010 interface
Here are 2 blog posts that walk you through the database attach upgrade procedure: http://sharepointgeorge.com/2009/upgrading-content-db-sharepoint-2010-part-1-preupgradecheck/ http://sharepointgeorge.com/2009/upgrading-content-database-sharepoint-2010-database-attach-method/
Also, check out this chart from Microsoft to see all of the available upgrade options.