... content databases to the new SharePoint 2 010 farm, which triggers a database attach upgrade. This provides some of the advantage and disadvantages of each upgrade path: • You must have a 64-bit ... for small topologies, but there are advantages and disadvantages to this approach, as follows: • Advantages. An in-place upgrade can maintain farm settings as long as these are compatible ... PROHIBITED 15 -10 Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2 010 Infrastructure • Disadvantages. This approach provides upgrades for site or SSP content databases, but does not automatically update all customizations....