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Upgrading from 5.3 to 5.5 - any experiences?

hi All,

I'm about to upgrade from 5.3 to 5.5. The server is backed up and the instructions look straight forward enough. I'm just wondering if anyone has done this and how smoothly did it go?

Also is there a way of just backing up the configuration settings? I see that it goes back into the configuration, and pre populates it with your previous settings, if possible I'd like to be able to back up my existing settings so I can import them again if this goes wrong.

thanks in advance

andrew

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David.Cummings over 5 years ago +1 verified

Hello,

The Configuration is kept in the database
The Website information is migrated however you may want to take screenshots of your IIS configuration (Website Bindings)
It normally goes smooth.

This is…
David.Cummings over 5 years ago in reply to perrya +1

Hi Andrew,

Yes, you can upgrade everything and then setup the Azure AD Connector later.

Thank you,
Dave
David.Cummings over 5 years ago in reply to perrya +1

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