What is Happening

Beginning Friday, November 2 at 7:00 a.m. until Monday, November 5 at 12:00 noon, the University of Illinois SharePoint sites, currently hosted by AITS, will be in a Read Only state due to the migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.  On Monday, November 5 (no later than 12:00 noon), when you access SharePoint, you will be accessing SharePoint 2010.

Please Note:

• SharePoint sites hosted at http://intranet.uillinois.edu are the only SharePoint sites impacted.
• Your SharePoint URLs will not be changing.
• If you need to make a change to your documents during the read only period, open the document and save it to your desktop or a shared folder.  You can upload your modified document after the SharePoint environment is restored on November 5.

Changes from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

• SharePoint 2010 has a new look and feel.
• You will see a new ribbon (toolbar) at the top of the page which looks much like other Microsoft Office 2010 ribbons (toolbars).
• After the migration, if you experience problems opening a document, you should click on the pull-down menu next to the file name (instead of just clicking on the name/link), and choose Open in Word/Excel.  If you still cannot access the document, contact your SharePoint Site Collection Administrator to have the permissions settings verified.

If You Have Questions

…file a service desk request with the SharePoint Service Manager at sharepointsupport@uillinois.edu

…call the AITS Service Desk: 312-996-4806 (from UIC); 217-333-3102 (from UIS/Illinois)

For Additional Information

• The following document lists the Top 10 changes from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 http://web.uillinois.edu/sharepoint/resources/
• The Enterprise SharePoint website also contains other resource information http://web.uillinois.edu/sharepoint
• Visit http://www.Lynda.com for free SharePoint tutorials (login information can be found at WebStore)
• Order your FREE Quick Start Guide for SharePoint from http://brainstorminc.com/cards/sharepoint2010

Thank you for assisting us in making this migration a success.

Susan Flanagin

AITS