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Using same URL on old SP server as new SP server
Hello, We currently have a SharePoint 2013 production server that I want to move to SharePoint 2019. I don't want to do an in-place upgrade, I'd rather start clean, on a new VM. Can you tell me...
Hello Fainpablo,
I appreciate your responses, thank you!!
Wouldn't I just be able to leave the DNS IP Addresses on the VM's NIC blank, or do I have to edit the hosts file?
Trish
The DNS settings on your VM NIC are for the VM DNS resolution. If you'd like to browse the new site from, for example, your laptop, then you'll need to edit your laptop's hosts file to point the old url to the IP address assigned to the new VM.
Or, as I mentioned earlier, you can assign a different subdomain to your new site and after migration add an alternative access mapping with the old url.
Let us know any other questions you have!
fainpablo - Thanks for your help with this. Here I am in 2024 referring to this article again! 🙂