Tag: Migration

The Definitive Guide to Automating Content Migration
The Definitive Guide to Automating Content Migration
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Today’s organizations are adopting Content Management Systems to reduce cost, increase efficiency, and improve customer service, but migrating digital assets into a new CMS can be a significant effort. Too often organizations begin a migration without fully understanding the challenges they face—resulting in slipped deadlines, reduced scope, and even project failure.

5 Billion Reasons to Migrate to Windows 8, Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 or Office 365
5 Billion Reasons to Migrate to Windows 8, Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 or Office 365
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With the release of Windows 8 and last months preview release of Office 2013 paired with SharePoint 2013 many consultants and companies are scrambling to find features, benefits or return on investment to justify budget plans to migrate to the new platforms. I’m not one of these folks. I believe the technical fellows at Microsoft have a solid long term vision which will allow them to sway consumers and businesses to give device computing using Microsoft software another chance. It seems clear the new releases of Windows 8, Office, Skype, SkyDrive and SharePoint are an attempted to aggressively pursue the growing device market.

How to Clean Up SharePoint to Prepare for SharePoint 2013 Migration
How to Clean Up SharePoint to Prepare for SharePoint 2013 Migration
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Many organizations will soon be upgrading or migrating to SharePoint 2013 when it releases and soon thereafter. Today, with SharePoint 2013 Preview being publicly available, best practices call for preparing for and testing your upgrades. A published Microsoft article fully describes the steps you’ll need to follow in order to better prepare your environment for an upgrade and increase the chances of it being a successful one.

5 Steps for Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 – How To Get It Right
5 Steps for Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 – How To Get It Right
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Mary Leigh Mackie discusses five key points to consider before migrating to SharePoint 2010

Migration to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a focus for many organisations over the next 12 months, particularly for businesses currently using earlier versions of the software. While this move can help to drive business efficiency, migrating to SharePoint 2010 does pose some challenges. By following the below top tips, businesses can ensure they make the most out of their SharePoint migration.

Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint Named Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards
Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint Named Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards
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Migration Manager for SharePoint Supports Migrations to SharePoint Online and Office 365 as well as Hybrid Cloud Scenarios with SharePoint 2010

Washington, DC – February 13, 2012 – Metalogix Software, the trusted provider of content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®, Exchange® and Cloud platforms, today announced that Metalogix Migration Manager for SharePoint won the award for Most Innovative SharePoint Cloud Solution in the 2012 European SharePoint Community Awards

The Role of Governance in Migration Planning
The Role of Governance in Migration Planning
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In a CIOUpdate.com article entitled Prolific SharePoint Sites Undermine Governance, technology writer Jake Frazier outlines a common problem with the growing number of SharePoint customers: the uncontrolled growth of SharePoint sites, and how it impacts governance. SharePoint is proliferating in the marketplace, with KMWorld reporting SharePoint licenses at over 130 million worldwide. The more sites that are created and the more content added to your environment, the more difficult it can be to change course, correct mistakes, and implement a governance model. But the business value to having a formal governance model in place is enormous. As Mr. Frazier points out,

“To accomplish the defensible disposal of information, including information in SharePoint sites, companies must put in place and enforce a record retention policy that recognizes the three major reasons to keep information: business value, regulatory requirements and legal holds.“

Microsoft® Technology Center Reduced SharePoint 2010 Migration
Microsoft® Technology Center Reduced SharePoint 2010 Migration
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The MTC organization has long utilized SharePoint to provide a central home for its documentation and partner-related information, as well as a portal for team-wide collaboration. After the release of SharePoint 2010, the MTC sought to migrate its content and data from its SharePoint 2007 environment to a Microsoft IT (MSIT) hosted instance of SharePoint 2010. Quickly, the migration team at the MTC knew that they could not migrate the data stored in SharePoint 2007 directly to this environment due to restrictions on custom applications in the hosted service.