Hello,
I am migrating a web application that has a single host named site collection in SharePoint 2013 into SharePoint 2019. This is a public web site using SharePoint WCM features that has two urls:
http://webapp.platform.com - web application url, not used directly, just a container, it has a wildcard binding to allow site collection any url. Used for anonymous access, using Default Zone. It has its own content database, not used
http://auth.platform.com - web application authoring extended url to allow authenticated access, using Intranet zone
http://www.site.com - host named site collection public url, anonymous access, using Default Zone. It has a content database where the site's content is stored
http://auth.site.com - host named site collection authoring url, using windows authentication, using Intranet Zone
Since this is a single site collection, is it possible to create a regular web application with a root site collection in SharePoint 2019 (non-host named site collection) and have the original host named site collection migrated into the web application root site collection with the same URL than the original SharePoint 2013 host named site collection?
What I was thinking for SharePoint 2019:
- http://www.site.com - web application url public url, anonymous access, using Default Zone
- http://auth.site.com - web application authoring extended url to allow authenticated access, using windows authentication, using Intranet Zone
The migration approach I am going to use is a database attach approach described in detail in :
https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/03/06/how-to-upgrade-from-sharepoint-2013-to-sharepoint-2019-step-by-step-part-1/
https://blogit.create.pt/miguelisidoro/2019/03/06/how-to-upgrade-from-sharepoint-2013-to-sharepoint-2019-step-by-step-part-2/
Thanks
Miguel