WEBCON test upgrade to 2026 – separate environment on local machine

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Hi Shalassin,

there aren't any real limitations. As long as the hardware can handle it, you will be fine.
You can check those here:
https://community.webcon.com/community/public/uploads/editor/PDF/Infrastructure/WEBCON_2026_infrastructure.pdf
Minimum requirements – “All-in-one installation”

When you are restoring the DEV or Production Database on a Test environment you need to change the database type:
https://daniels-notes.de/posts/2023/copy-a-database#change-database-type

I'm also in the process to upgrade from 2023 R2 to 2026 and intend to create a blog post, but this will take a few more days. I will add a post to this thread, when I'm done. Maybe you can share your results and I can add them to the post.

Best regards,
Daniel

Hi Shalassin,

You can also use Virtual Machine on your laptop.
I needed an environment for trying new solution. I didn't want to influence on base environment (PROD, TEST) and I used VirutalBox. Performance was poor, but proces was all about trials and errors, so it was easier to backup, restore and start over.
Everything depends what your needs are.

Hi Michał,

I published now my post for upgrading from 2023 R2 to 2026.

https://daniels-notes.de/posts/2026/upgrade-2023-to-2026

Best regards,
Daniel

Thank you for the suggestions. So, taking my environments (DEV and PROD) into account, to test the 2026 version I should take the following steps:

1. Set up a Windows Server on a virtual machine (I like this solution proposed by Marcin)
2. Install a clean Webcon environment + SQL Server
3. Create a backup of the databases from DEV and restore it to the test environment
4. Change the database type from DEV to TEST (Resource Kit)
5. Upgrade the environment to 2026 and keep my fingers crossed 🙂

During the process, I’ll be following this article:
https://community.webcon.com/posts/post/mirroring-environments-for-2023-standalone/427/3

Did I miss anything? Anything I should watch out for?
P.S. I’m aware that before deleting the virtual machine, the license must absolutely be detached.

Hi Michał,

if you restore only the content and attachment database you will have to:

- Ensure that the accounts have access to the database. Depending on how WEBCON connects, this will be the App Pool and Workflow Service or the SQL user.
- Run the Update/Installation option again, this will upgrade the databases.
- Check the MSSQL Connections / data sources
- Any BPS Groups will be missing. These are stored in the BPS_Config database
- The same applies for Applications used for the public REST Endpoints.

Best regards,
Daniel

Thank you, Daniel, for your help.
In line with the article, I also plan to move the config database — hopefully everything will go smoothly :)
I’ll let you know after the operation, but I need to prepare the infrastructure and set aside quite a bit of time, so I’m not exactly sure when I’ll be able to put the plan into action.