Migrating to Office 365 is highly beneficial as it helps improve core business processes, internal communication, project management, and collaboration. The use of Office 365 is growing rapidly that indicates the value proposition gained by organizations of all sizes. Any organization with a settled on-premises infrastructure, established business processes & data management faces a major change and need to take many critical decisions while shifting to Office 365. Getting this first step right is extremely important as it has major impact on users, stakeholders and business itself. Read the step-by-step guide to make your migration process smooth and easy.

1. MIGRATING FROM
SHAREPOINT ON-PREMISE
TO OFFICE 365 A ROADMAP
Phases of SharePoint
Migration
Phase 1 – Analysis
Analysis of content to be migrated, customization
extent, user mapping, branding, permissions, and
dependencies is conducted to understand the feasibility
on the SharePoint online environment.
Understand the impact on users and stakeholders,
which requires company-wide communication
and training.
Check bandwidth availability and
IT staff, health assessment
of SharePoint server, compliance
and privacy requirements.
Incorporate the change in day-to-day work,
conduct domain departmental training &
knowledge transfers.
Migration to Exchange Online,
SharePoint Online, OneDrive for
Business, Sites, Libraries,
Lists, etc.
Prepare a list of your needs and choose the
Office 365 plan that fits your business
requirements.
Phase 2 – Need Assessment and
Project Planning
Estimation of required duration, amount
of work to be done, and migration price will
be evaluated to develop a unique strategy.
The strategy includes migration timeline,
SharePoint downtime server upgrades,
backup, requirement of third-party tools.
Phase 3 – Migration and Customization
The migration procedure is conducted after switching
the on-premise site on read-only mode for safe data
migration. For additional client requirements, the
migrated application can be rebranded and
enhanced to fulfill the needs.
Phase 4 – Validation
The migrated and customized features are
validated from the key points of client
documentation created in the analysis phase.
The functionalities of search and navigation
are checked for quality assurance on
SharePoint online environment.
Phase 5 – Ongoing Support and
Maintenance
After verification of the migrated
application, the metadata information
is replaced with deployment scripts
and the test data is cleaned up.
Then, the SharePoint online site
is ready for deployment.
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MAKE THE MINDSET FOR
OFFICE 365 MIGRATION
PROCURE THE SUITABLE
OFFICE 365 PLAN
COMPLETE
PRE-MIGRATION CHECKS
MIGRATION
TO OFFICE 365
ACHIEVEMENT OF
BUSINESS VALUE
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