I decided to upgrade my test lab 2008 R2 servers to 2012 R2 for some of the nice new features. I was pleasantly surprised that there was a compatibility checker that ran before the upgrade. Each time I did it, there were no issues detected. I upgraded my DC with no issues -- awesome. I upgraded my remote access server with no issues -- great! "They've finally done something right!" I told myself.
I knew the real test would be upgrading my SharePoint 2010 web front end and app server. That's the canary for sure. When the compatibility checker came back with no issues I was hopeful, but I made a checkpoint just in case. After the upgrade several services required by SharePoint would not start. I Googled the issue and found out that you can't upgrade with 2010 installed, you have to install it fresh from disk if you want SP 2010 to run on server 2012 R2.
Microsoft, SharePoint is one of your flagship products. I applaud the idea of including a compatibility checker in your upgrade software. I certainly don't expect you to look for third party software or software that's no longer supported, but if you're not checking to see if one of your biggest apps will still work, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU CHECKING FOR?? All I'm saying is that if you're going to go to the trouble of making a checker, make it useful. Make it find the BIG stuff. What would you have needed to do it right? Time? Money? Testers? Whatever it is, please go find it.
I knew the real test would be upgrading my SharePoint 2010 web front end and app server. That's the canary for sure. When the compatibility checker came back with no issues I was hopeful, but I made a checkpoint just in case. After the upgrade several services required by SharePoint would not start. I Googled the issue and found out that you can't upgrade with 2010 installed, you have to install it fresh from disk if you want SP 2010 to run on server 2012 R2.
Microsoft, SharePoint is one of your flagship products. I applaud the idea of including a compatibility checker in your upgrade software. I certainly don't expect you to look for third party software or software that's no longer supported, but if you're not checking to see if one of your biggest apps will still work, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU CHECKING FOR?? All I'm saying is that if you're going to go to the trouble of making a checker, make it useful. Make it find the BIG stuff. What would you have needed to do it right? Time? Money? Testers? Whatever it is, please go find it.
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