So, I’m working on a SharePoint 2007 upgrade project, from SharePoint 2003, and I want to hurt someone. The process is so poor that it is actually almost funny. Check out the latest in this epic saga. During the install wizard for the 2007 upgrade it says:
It is recommended that you run the pre-upgrade scan tool before starting the upgrade.
But it doesn’t tell you where the blasted tool is! So after some googling I found this “helpful” technet article. Check this bullshit out:
To install the prescan.exe tool, you must install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to a test server. After you install, search for the two files prescan.exe and preupgradescanconfig.xml, and then copy the files to the computer that runs the existing version.
So, basically what Microsoft is saying is that in order to install my test upgrade server I need to install ANOTHER server first, then copy these files over? WTF?! Common Microsoft - cut me some slack!
April 30th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
This is Microsoft’s way of saying ‘Jon, you’re special to us’.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I don’t want to be special… I want SharePoint to bloody install already!
May 1st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I feel your pain …
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 am
I bet it was the jerk who set that whole thing up thats to blame
May 8th, 2007 at 11:45 am
ha. call it a sharepoint “feature”. wait, not a “feature” (namespace already taken)….
i used to admin a sps2003 intranet, and lived/breathed sps for a few years, and i always wanted to post on the mindsharp listserv that it seemed like “sps2003 was bolted together by a drunk man in his basement”, but i figured mindsharp would kick me out, and i needed that list.
May 8th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
This SharePoint upgrade is a real joke.
You have to run a prescan tool that fails and returns errors that have no documentation on how to fix them. WTF is that all about? The only help I’ve found is on people’s blogs… SharePoint really makes me want to hurt someone now.