The second step in the upgrade process attaches and upgrades your SharePoint 2013 content database that contains your Project site data to your new Project Server 2016 farm. Attach and upgrade your SharePoint 2013 content database You can use SQL Server Management Studio to copy and the restore of the databases. The server farm administrator restores a backup copy of the databases to the SQL Server 2014 instance being used to host the Project Server 2016 farm databases.

SharePoint 2013 content database that contains your project data With the SharePoint Server 2013 farm in read-only mode, the server farm administrator backs up the following two databases from the SQL Server instance: The second step in the upgrade process copies your databases required for your Project Server 2013 environment to your new Project Server 2016 environment. Project Server 2016 now runs as a service application in SharePoint Server 2016, and does not require a separate installation.įor more information about how to install a new Project Server 2016 farm, see Deploy Project Server 2016. Note that a key difference in installing Project Server 2016 versus the way it was installed in previous versions is that the Project Server 2016 installation is now a part of the SharePoint Server 2016 installation. Since database attach is the supported method for upgrade, you will be attaching and upgrading your Project Server 2013 databases to this farm in the steps that follow. The first step in the upgrade process is to create the Project Server 2016 farm. The following provides more detail about the upgrade steps mentioned in the upgrade overview. Migrate your Project Server 2013 resource plans (optional) These include:Īttach and upgrade your SharePoint 2013 content databaseĪttach and upgrade your Project Server 2013 databasesĭisable database quota limits for your PWA site Upgrading to Project Server 2016 can be broken up into six steps. For more information about Resource Engagements, see this blog post: Resource Engagements.

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