Rules to Better SharePoint Migration from 2007 to 2010

• Do you add stsadm to environmental variables
• Do you have a SharePoint Master?
• Do you do a pre-migration check on the SharePoint 2007 Server
• Do you confirm your list of installed SharePoint 2007 Solutions
• Do you document the details of your SharePoint 2007 web application
• Export Method - Do you know how to export the solution if you don’t have the original installer or source code? (optional)
• Import Method - Do you know how to import a solution if you don’t have the original installer? (optional)
• Do you know how to create a new web application and site collection in SharePoint 2010?
• Do you know how to deploy the imported solutions to the new site collection
• Do you advise staff members you are about to perform a migration?
• Do you lock the SharePoint Content Database before making a backup?
• Do you know how to restore your content database to SharePoint 2010?
• Do you check for errors after the migration process?
• Do you confirm there is no data lost after the migration