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Copper Contributor

Apr 06, 2020

Upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

We installed SharePoint 2013 but are still running the database in 2010 mode. It was an option we were given when we upgraded from 2010. When I connected the 2010 database to the 2013 server, it as...

Steel Contributor

Apr 07, 2020

Hi,
You can start upgrading the DB, but before upgrading take a backup of the DB. There will be downtime at the time of upgrade, after upgrade you can still use SP 2010 workflows since SP 2013 supports SP 2010 workflows too. There will be some design flaws but it should work.

spider1212

Copper Contributor

Apr 07, 2020

Sudharsan K

Thanks for your response. I will try it and get back to you later.

Thanks,

-Henry

Trevor Seward
MVP
Apr 07, 2020
The upgrade message is referring to running Upgrade-SPSite. This is to bring you from v14.5 to v15 mode which also enables things like integration with Office Online Server.

The impact would be to UI elements, i.e. custom master pages, visual web parts (WSP) that wasn't written with support for v15, CSS/JS injection, and so on. Workflows won't be impacted.