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Erica McKinley's avatar
Erica McKinley
Copper Contributor
Nov 01, 2017
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Sharepoint Supported Upgrade Paths

I am pretty new to the SharePoint world and looking for input.    I am currently on SP13 on prem, but thinking that it may be time to do an upgrade.  There are a couple different paths that can be...
2013
2016
SharePoint Online
  • David Leveille's avatar
    David Leveille
    Nov 02, 2017

    Hey Erica McKinley great to meet you!

    You have a few supported options:

    Onprem 2013 to onprem 2016

    Onprem 2013 to hybrid office 365 (sharepoint online)

    Onprem 2013 to office 365 (sharepoint online)

    Tell us a bit more about the customizations in sharepoint 2013 that you MUST keep. There may be some refactoring that needs to take place. Other considerations:

    -Workflows

    -3rd party tools

    -Integrations with LOB systems

    -custom admin-approved infopath forms

    -custom master pages, page layouts,

    -full-trust solutions

     

    When you're ready to discuss tools to help with your migration, you'll hear about the new SharePoint Migration (SPM) announced at Ignite 2017, Metalogix, AvePoint, ShareGate, and numerous other players. Suggest you consult a trusted advisor for their opinions, then contact vendors for demos.

     

    As for Sp2019, I don't expect we'll here too much about that until next Ignite. Guessing that May event in Las Vegas we'll hear more about what was promised at Ignite that the product team has delivered, what stuff is in development that was announced, and a handful of new features or enhancements to existing features. Unlikely we'll hear any huge announcements on sharepoint 2019 for at least a year. Everyone is likely too busy delivering what was already promised. Some great innovations are in the works, but unlikely to announce migration methods supported by May 2018.

     

    My guess is with 2019 there will be no suprises...2013 - 2019 and 2016 to 2019 probably both supported. 

John Wynne's avatar
John Wynne
Silver Contributor
Nov 01, 2017

Hi Erica, There are many variables to consider when upgrading but for simplicity I would evaluate:

 

  • SP13 - SP16 fully supported
  • SP13 - SP365 lots to consider here but the long term bet is here, IMO. On premise is a commitment from Microsoft so one further option to consider is Hybrid (both On Premise and Cloud). This would allow you to leverage customisation you can’t yet move to the cloud, which is diminishing, and move workloads which can be easily moved to utilise the wider benefits of Office 365. Bear in mind licensing and infrastructure needs for this option and more expertise.
  • AFAIK no firm guidance has yet been given on SP19 so pure speculation but I would only rely on N-1 for a reliable upgrade path unless we’re updated on this during 2018.

In your situation I would definitely evaluate hybrid first. Take a look over on TechNet for great resources to kick off your thinking.

 

Hope this helps!

 

John

 

 

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