Migrate Community Central from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Migrate Community Central from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Overview

This article outlines how to migrate Community Central from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 (SharePoint Foundation 2013 & SharePoint Server 2013).

NOTE: In order to migrate a Bamboo product to SharePoint 2103 from a SharePoint 2010 environment, you need to ensure that the SharePoint 2010 farm has the appropriate version installed. If your Bamboo product version is older, you may need to upgrade the SharePoint 2010 version before migrating to SharePoint 2013. Please refer to information about the specific products that are installed on the farm you are migrating for possible additional steps needed or limitations of the migration. Please note that Community Central does not support “SharePoint 2010 look and feel” on SharePoint 2013.

For additional information about upgrading your existing SharePoint 2010 Farm to SharePoint 2013, read these TechNet articles:

Bamboo Solutions supports the Database Attach upgrade method for upgrading to SharePoint 2013. Bamboo does not support the downgrade of SharePoint editions during a migration (i.e., SharePoint Server 2010 to SharePoint Foundation 2013).

Migration Steps

The steps are slightly different if your Community Central site is a sub-site vs. a root site. Remember in SharePoint, a site collection is made up of one top-level site (the root site) and all sites (sub-sites) below it. Follow the steps below and at Step 4, follow the instructions depending on which type your Community Central site is that you are migrating.

Step Action Description
1.

Follow Microsoft’s Upgrade databases from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 article to perform the database-attach migration.

NOTE: If Community Central in SharePoint 2010 was deployed on a sub-site, please follow the additional migration instruction outlined in Step 4A below. If Community Central in SharePoint 2010 was deployed on a Root Site, please follow the additional migration instruction outlined in Step 4B below.

2. During the migration process, retrieve the SharePoint 2013 installation package and license keys for the Bamboo products you are migrating. See Migrate your Bamboo Product License Key From one SharePoint version to another for additional details.
3.

After successfully migrating your farm to SharePoint 2013 (the Microsoft bits), run the SharePoint 2013 Bamboo product installation package(s) downloaded in Step 2 above. During the installation, under Deployment Targets, be sure to select the appropriate Web Applications where the Bamboo product was deployed in the old environment. For more information about installation, refer to How to run the Installation-Setup Program.

NOTE: The Bamboo Web License Manager only has to be installed once. Skip this step for subsequent Bamboo product installations. If you are installing multiple Bamboo products, you only need to install the Web License Manager once on the new farm.

4.

A: If sub-site:

i. After upgrading the databases (as outlined in Microsoft’s database-attach migration instruction), access the SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home site.

NOTE: By default, your site will retain the SharePoint 2010 theme but Community Central will not be navigable. You will need to manually change this for 2013 as described in the step below:

ii. Click on the Start now hyperlink at the top of the site (above ribbon) StartNow.png
iii.

Select the Upgrade this Site Collection button

NOTE: This step will upgrade your site collection.

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iv. After upgrading the Site Collection, re-activate site features by accessing the SharePoint 2013 server and running Bamboo Feature Activation from the Community Central Installer SA15-Feature Activation.png
v. Once you have re-activated the site features, access the SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home site, select the Settings icon, and click on Community Central Control Panel ComCen.jpg
vi. Click on Manage Community Central Upgrades, under Upgrade Manager ComCen2.jpg
vii. Click the select all checkbox for Optional Master Page Upgrades, then click the Upgrade button. ComCen3.jpg
After the upgrade is complete, it will automatically redirect you to your SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home Site.
4:

B. If Root site:

If Community Central was deployed in SharePoint 2010 on the root site, when you try to access the SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home Site, the browser will display ‘The webpage cannot be found’ message. In order to upgrade, please follow the steps below:

Icon-Warning Please install Community Central on SharePoint 2013, if you haven’t already done so, before proceeding to the steps below

i. Access the SharePoint 2013 server, and launch PowerShell using the System Admin account (Shift + Right-Click > Run as Different User) RunAs.jpg
ii. Run the following cmdlet command: upgrade-SPsite “url” *–VersionUpgrade* Cmdlet.png
iii. Access the SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home site.

NOTE: By default, your site will retain the SharePoint 2010 theme but Community Central will not be navigable. You will need to manually change this for 2013 as described in the step below:

iv. Click on the Start now hyperlink at the top of the site (above ribbon) StartNow.png
v.

Select the Upgrade this Site Collection button

NOTE: This step will upgrade your site collection.

Upgrade.png
vi. After upgrading the Site Collection, re-activate site features by accessing the SharePoint 2013 server and running Bamboo Feature Activation from the Community Central Installer SA15-Feature Activation.png
vii. Once you have re-activated the site features, access the SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home site, select the Settings icon, and click on Community Central Control Panel ComCen.jpg
viii. Click on Manage Community Central Upgrades, under Upgrade Manager ComCen2.jpg
ix. Click the select all checkbox for Optional Master Page Upgrades, then click the Upgrade button ComCen3.jpg
After the upgrade is complete, it will automatically redirect you to your SharePoint 2013 Community Central Home Site.
5. For both types of sites: activate the SharePoint 2013 versions of Bamboo products by following the instructions in the topic Install and Activate a License for Bamboo Products in SharePoint 2013.