Make your SharePoint move seamless and stress-free. Our experts ensure a smooth migration with zero downtime, keeping your business running at full speed.
If you’re not prepared, then you might experience major disruptions and bottlenecks. Seemingly minor problems can quickly balloon into complicated ones. Fortunately, you don’t need to experience this kind of pain.
At eSoftware Associates, our experts offer worry-free, professional Microsoft SharePoint Migration Services. SharePoint migration company plans all services from the start. Your organization doesn’t have to go through any uncomfortable growing pains before you get used to your new configuration. Our team can lead your migration efforts from other platforms as well as migrating to a newer version of SharePoint.
Most business owners and representatives would deal with countless questions when attempting to plan a migration without professional services. We can answer many questions with a free consultation about setting up your SharePoint server and implementing security solutions.
There are a large variety of platforms and apps that you can migrate to SharePoint and Office 365. We support all major options and plenty of unique scenarios as well. If you don’t see you platform or app listed below, contact us anyways as there is a good chance we have worked with your unique scenario before as well.
Additionally, we have experience using all major SharePoint migration tools including AvePoint, ShareGate, Mover.io and many more. We know which tool is best for the job and will work with you to determine your best option to make your engagement a complete success.
What Box to SharePoint migration and Microsoft services do we offer to clients? We outline all the basic and advanced settings for every option. All data content migration requires confidentiality and a secure SharePoint.
A file server migration to SharePoint Online or On Premise should not be under estimated. Yes it is just files. However, the following aspects we focus on heavily during this migration to ensure it is a success:
Many times companies start using Office 365 and then realize they might not be structured the best way. We help companies with the following services:
Our team specializes in a SharePoint 2010 migration to SharePoint Online as well as migrating to a newer on premise platform. SharePoint 2010 is at the end of its life, per Microsoft. We have been working with the platform since it was first introduced which enables us to know exactly what it takes to migrate to a newer platform. Some specific SharePoint 2010 features that we have seen with our clients and always look out for are:
SharePoint 2013 was the last major SharePoint edition where Microsoft was trying to add additional services to the platform. The original intent was to offer more services that could be bought and added to SharePoint 2013 which would further enrich the product. SharePoint 2013 was also being developed during the inception of SharePoint Online.
Since then, Microsoft and companies everywhere have learned this model created a lot of additional work, errors and confusion. The additional services were deprecated and removed in SharePoint 2016 and never made it to SharePoint Online.
When migrated SharePoint 2013 to a new edition of SharePoint, we are always looking for SharePoint 2013 specific features including:
SharePoint 2016 is the first SharePoint platform to introduce the modern UI. You may or may not be using it, but we will have in depth conversations on how to unify the user experience if you are split between the two. Your SharePoint 2016 migration to SharePoint Online will open up a new world of functionality which can require end user and admin training. We typically do not recommend migrating from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint 2019, but happy to discuss the reasons why.
If you are migrating to SharePoint 2019, you must consider many factors. Information for SharePoint 2019 is inter-mixed with SharePoint Online information. We highly recommend consulting with SharePoint experts to ensure you fully understand what benefits you are gaining by migrating to SharePoint 2019.
We also specialize in migrating from SharePoint 2019 to SharePoint Online. There can be a lot of benefits in making this transition including a large reduction in overall IT costs. We will work with your company to do a cost-benefit analysis, if needed, and then fast track through your migration process.
Plenty of companies start using Dropbox to send large files. They then realize they are missing out on many features that come with SharePoint. Two of the biggest aspects of changing from Dropbox to SharePoint are training and communications. Users want to know why the switch is being made and what are the benefits when migrating from Dropbox to SharePoint. Other key factors often include internal and external file sharing and how those will operate in the future.
The G Suite is Googles set of tools that try to stack up with Office 365. Companies migrate from G Suite to Office 365 for usually 3 main reasons:
There are a lot of tools within the G Suite so it is important to inventory what exactly is being migrated to SharePoint Online. A strong migration plan is necessary including end user communications and strategic migration paths to minimize business disruption.
Box migrations are similar to Dropbox migrations. Companies start out with Box and realize that Office 365 offers so much more with Teams, OneDrive, Power Apps and Power Automate. It is important to have a strong training program and communication plan when migrating from Box to SharePoint Online.
Lotus Notes is one of the older file management platforms. It can be complex to get information from Lotus Notes to SharePoint, but we have you covered! One of the hardest aspects is redesigning your file security to align with SharePoint. We place a strong emphasis on what the desired state of security will be for your company so it is scalable for the future. It is also important to thoroughly understand all the new SharePoint features and functionality and how compare to what was offered in Lotus Notes.
If you are looking to convert an Excel workbook or application to Microsoft Power Apps, you have found the right company. We are the only Office 365 company that has a dedicated Microsoft Office development division. This means we have in-depth knowledge of all the intricacies of Microsoft Excel and how they translate to Office 365, Power Apps and SharePoint. We also have dedicated SQL experts that can work with you to best manage your company data. The typical Excel features we analyze when converting to Power Apps or SharePoint are:
Companies are more and more wanting to make web versions of their apps. We use our team of Microsoft experts to analyze your Microsoft Access app and determine the best approach for making it web friendly. This includes:
Migrating from Google Workspace to SharePoint Online is a strategic move that offers enhanced collaboration, security, and productivity. Our SharePoint expert team ensures a smooth transition with end-to-end encryption and minimal privilege access, maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of your data throughout the process. With our comprehensive support, you can trust us to handle the complexities of migration, allowing you to focus on what you do best. Embrace the future of workplace collaboration with SharePoint Online.
A migration typically includes several SharePoint resources like architects, analysts, and designers. Our team will allocate the correct resources to your project so you don't need to worry about any resource troubles. Once we have staffed your project with our internal team, you can be sure that your migration will go smoothly and will be supported to thend of the SharePoint migration and after, as needed.
We can ‘diagnose’ your SharePoint environment and ensure things will go as expected. In most cases, any potential performance issues will be apparent from the beginning. Keep in mind that SharePoint is a standard Microsoft platform and it's designed to integrate with popular office software solutions you're more than likely already working with. Chances are that the new platform will work better out of the box than your existing one even and we will go the extra mile to fully optimize it.
They or may not but we answer these questions prior to commencement. That will give you ample time to update them before any links become broken. You'll be able to change them across all of your content and applications before the final solution gets rolled out, which drastically reduces the risk and frustration that comes with finding a resource that suddenly isn't there any longer.
We have various engagement levels to be your SharePoint backstop post-migration. Many IT departments like to take ownership once everything has been set in stone. If that's the case, then you can feel free to use your new deployment as soon as it's finished. Those who want more in the way of support can inquire about a much more sophisticated plan. In fact, our teams can offer more than just technical help. We are prepared to offer training and SharePoint best practices that can impart the skills your crews need to efficiently use SharePoint and any other related tools your company may be rolling out.
Gathering your requirements is the most important part of your migration. We pay extra attention to both large and small details because it goes beyond just your data. The requirements we gather include and are not limited to:
Once we have all your requirements, we really get to work. We guarantee to present you with a SharePoint migration plan in one week. This document includes:
After your plan has been prepared, we take the time to ensure you understand in business terms what everything means. Your plan will match your business and technical requirements and can be adjusted during our engaging sessions. Once your SharePoint migration plan has been thoroughly vetted and approved, we can get going!
The first thing we will be doing is called a SharePoint pre-migration. This takes the most amount of time. We will setup all necessary architecture and security before any content is migrated. We will also setup your SharePoint migration tool and the content mappings. Content mappings is telling the migration tool what content is being migrated and where it is migrating too.
Once everything is setup we will conduct a pre-migration. This has 0 impact on your daily business activities. It allows us to copy most of your data to the new location or a staging area, similar to what your real location will be. We are always asked “how long will this process take” and it depends on how many locations we are migrating content to as well as the migration tool being used. We typically estimate 50GB/hour, but can achieve faster speeds if the migration absolutely needs it. We will monitor your pre-migration throughout to ensure everything is going as planned.
Additionally, sometimes we will need to convert existing application or technical processes to newer technologies. These are treated separate of the content migration and are covered during the requirements, planning, review and approval steps.
As your pre-migrations complete, we will work with the responsible business and technical stakeholders to test that everything is working as expected. Depending on the size and scope of your migration, we will schedule testing for different tasks as soon as they are ready. This will allow your stakeholders to test the results of the migration for content placement, security, navigation and so on.
Since we’re a Microsoft certified partner, we’re able to offer high-level insights into the SharePoint platform as well as Microsoft’s popular Office 365 software. Our consultants are always able to show your team how to better integrate these products together and use them more seamlessly than you had ever imagined. Contact us today at ESW Associates to find out more about our migration SharePoint services. Find out about data content migration options, Windows authentication methods, and other training and consulting opportunities.
Migrations can be done in as little as a week while some migrations can take months. It depends how much content is migrating as well as what complexities need to be accounted for. The typical SharePoint migration is about a month on average.
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