How to move UniversitySite to a new Server

These steps use UniversitySite as an example but the procedure is identical for SupportSite with the exception of the folder name J.

1. Backup your UniversitySite database, and then restore the latest backup to your new SQL server.
2. Create the new folder structure where the data will go on the new web server e.g. usually something like “c:\inetpub\wwwroot\UniversitySite” or perhaps “d:\inetpub\wwwroot\UniversitySite.”
3. Copy ONLY the “Data” folder and the web.config file inside the existing UniversitySite web folder and paste it into the new web location.
   1. If you were using a redirect (default.asp) to support a “friendly URL” you should also copy the c:\inetpub\wwwroot\default.asp and paste it into the corresponding web root folder on the new web server
   2. If you did the above, ensure that active server pages are allowed in IIS web extensions and that the documents tab includes default.asp as the FIRST listing.
   3. You may need to edit the default.asp so that the behavior when the friendly URL is not typed just goes to a default page in the new website e.g iisstart.htm
   4. Don’t forget to update the cname alias in DNS if you are using a “Friendly URL” so that it points to the new web server.
4. Copy any customized pages/files you might have created and re-install them
   1. Any customizations should FIRST be tested in a dev environment, not production since upgrades could break them.
5. Install UniversitySite and be sure you select the proper website so it will install into your UniversitySite folder created previously
6. Select the Profiscience Partners Application pool on the first screen of the installer.
7. In IIS, get Properties on the login.aspx file within the UniversitySite virtual folder structure root. 
   1. Remove anonymous access and Set it for Basic authentication and Windows integration.
8. When the configuration wizard launches simply next your way through it changing the SQL connection information as needed (if you moved the DB also) and upgrading the database when prompted with the button to do that.
9. In IIS for the default website or other website under which UniversitySite was installed, add Mime types that will be allowed on the HTTP headers tab so that IIS does not BLOCK file attachments or eLearning that will be used e.g. it will block Office 2007 file formats, it will block flash video (flv), and many others by default.  You might reference what was being done on the old IIS server as a guide.
10. Test

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