


In this approach, the upgrade is not based in a database upgrade process but on content migration and typically a 3rd party solution is necessary to do the content migration. There is another valid migration approach to migrate from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2019 by using a content migration. If you want to learn more about how to install a SharePoint 2019 farm in an automated way using PowerShell, click here and here. This post assumes that the we will only migrate the content database(s) from the source SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2019 and all other SharePoint databases are created in the target SharePoint 2019 farm during its installation process. This post is based on upgrading a SharePoint 2013 farm to SharePoint 2019 using the database attach approach but is also valid if you want to upgrade to SharePoint 2016 (to learn more about upgrading to SharePoint 2016, click here and here). Upgrading to SharePoint 2019 that has support for a hybrid scenario can be a valid solution to allow a gradual move to the cloud. The SharePoint world is rapidly moving into the Cloud with SharePoint Online and Office 365, but some organizations are still not ready to move completely to Office 365 and SharePoint Online.

This post is the first part of a two part step by step tutorial on how to migrate a SharePoint 2013 farm to SharePoint 2019.
