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From September 23-29, 2023

The All Partners Access Network (APAN) is updating to SharePoint (SP) 2019. Users will experience intermittent interruption of service while using APAN's SP environment during this update. This upgrade will only affect APAN SP services. APAN Verint communities and other services will not be affected.

 

What are the Benefits of the Upgrade?

  • Phase 1 - Classic Look & Feel (similar to SP 2013)
     
    • ALL SP communities will have a new URL
       
    • ALL user saved bookmarks/URLs for SP 2013 will automatically be redirected to the new SP 2019 site collection/page/list

  • Phase 2 - (Date TBD) Modern Look & Feel (similar to SP Online)

 

How do Site Owners Prepare?

  • Socialize the new URL for SP sites
     
  • Consider alternatives for deprecated features
     
    • APAN Activity Webpart
       
    • InfoPath
       
    • SharePoint Designer
       
  • Verify functionality of custom webparts (e.g., Easy Tabs)
     
  • Exercise an alternate plan for information sharing, this upgrade will not be postponed for events scheduled during any phase of the upgrade

 

What to Expect?

  • Existing SP 2013 site collections will be set to "Read-Only" mode to prevent any add/edit/delete operations of the site's content
     
  • APAN users will continue to have access to view and download data
     
  • Intermittent interruption of services
     
  • Updates will be shared as often as possible

 

Virtual Training

Training and support will be available to users after the upgrade is complete.

 

 

UPDATE: SP 2019 Upgrade Complete

APAN is pleased to announce the SP 2019 upgrade was successfully completed on 28 September 2023.

It is important for APAN SP community owners to log in to APAN to review all of their sites no later than Friday, 13 October 2013 and report any issues to the helpdesk via the ServiceNow ticket system at https://esms.mpe.af.mil/mpco.

Old SP 2013 data will no longer be available after 13 October. The APAN Support Team is working diligently to identify, review, and resolve any issues caused by this upgrade. Issues will be resolved in the order received.