Whether you want to migrate from a previous version of SharePoint, or just want to move your files from file Shares, the process of data migration will be challenging. It is good to create a perfect checklist and ready you to move on the next step with full confidence.
SharePoint Migration Checklist
1. Make a detailed information about your inventory: It is good to make a detailed list of inventory you have. It enables you to make a better decision and estimates the required time and effort you need to migrate.The more information you have, the easier it will be to make a plan and set your migration deadlines.
2. Clean up your old working strategy: SharePoint is all about helping people develop what they anticipate to get their work done impressively, but it doesn't show you still need each and everything today. Take sufficient time to search, remove and organize things effectively in your working environment.
3. Be Prepared Yourself for your destination environment: A migration is the finest time to wipe out all the existing issues and make your working environment positive and business-centric. Make sure you have the sufficient time to plan and structure your new home as per your business needs and requirements. Use your years of expertise and map your destination's architecture, optimize the performance of your new SharePoint Servers', configure all website applications professionally, check databases entirely and run a test migration.
4. Constant Communication with your existing users: SharePoint migration is a cumbersome task and the biggest challenge for the migration is bringing change to your existing users. For this to be successful, it is quite important they know exactly what is going on - and why. Qualified business owners understand its importance. They inform business downtime with their esteemed users in advance and also share the solid reasons for possible changes in the environments. It is truly appreciative if you will also share an estimated working hours in your migration efforts with your esteemed users.
5. Start your migration: The actual migration task should not be more complicated if you are able to follow all the previous steps legitimately. It makes your task easier as well as enables you to deal effectively even in adverse conditions.
4. Constant Communication with your existing users: SharePoint migration is a cumbersome task and the biggest challenge for the migration is bringing change to your existing users. For this to be successful, it is quite important they know exactly what is going on - and why. Qualified business owners understand its importance. They inform business downtime with their esteemed users in advance and also share the solid reasons for possible changes in the environments. It is truly appreciative if you will also share an estimated working hours in your migration efforts with your esteemed users.
5. Start your migration: The actual migration task should not be more complicated if you are able to follow all the previous steps legitimately. It makes your task easier as well as enables you to deal effectively even in adverse conditions.
If migrating from earlier versions of SharePoint, then it is strongly recommended to use third-party tools. The usage of these robust tools, combined with SharePoint Migration development services, will help you to get complete control in your migration effort.
