Upgrade MatchPoint 5.0.x to 2019.3.0

The migration process for upgrades from MatchPoint 5.0.x versions to MatchPoint 2019.3.0 requires four steps:

  1. Upgrade the MatchPoint solutions.
  2. Upgrade custom code that uses MatchPoint API.

Upgrade MatchPoint 5.0.x to 2019.3.0

The MatchPoint solutions can be updated either automatically using the MatchPoint installer executable, or by using standard the SharePoint solution deployment mechanisms:

Update-SPSolution -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.wsp
                  -LiteralPath C:\Colygon.MatchPoint.wsp
                  -GACDeployment

Update-SPSolution -Identity Colygon.MatchPoint.TaggingService.wsp
                  -LiteralPath C:\Colygon.MatchPoint.Tagging.Service.wsp

If you are using the MatchPoint installer, choose "Upgrade" (after System Check succeeded):

Installer with the Upgrade option selected
Figure 1: Installer with the Upgrade option selected

After MatchPoint has been upgraded, restart the IIS and the SharePoint TimerJob Service on every frontend server.

Upgrading Custom Code

If custom code is deployed that uses interfaces of the MatchPoint API, it is required to recompile the code against the MatchPoint 2019.3.0 assemblies. Any custom assemblies should be re-deployed to the environment after the migration has been executed. Note that it might be necessary to restart the "SharePoint 2016 Timer" service and to recycle the application pool of any web applications using MatchPoint functionality.

Upgrading MatchPoint Version 5.0.0

MatchPoint depends on third party libraries, which were installed with the Colygon.MatchPoint.wsp solution in version 5.0.0:

  • Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.dll, Version 3.0.5419.0 (Windows Installer XML)
  • Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Cab.dll, Version 3.0.5419.0 (Windows Installer XML)

As the libraries are no longer part of the Colygon.MatchPoint.wsp solution since version 4.0.1, the two libraries have to be installed in the GAC of all servers in the SharePoint farm. If this is not the case already, use the Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.wsp solution file to deploy the missing DLLs:

Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath C:\Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.wsp
Install-SPSolution -Identity Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.wsp -GACDeployment

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