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10
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REASONS your
sharepoint
migration
FAILED 

2.
SharePoint 2013 has arrived
So You took off with
SharePoint 2013

3.
But ignored
KEY
CONCEPTS

4.
Now you feel
OVERLOADED

5.
Now you feel
OVERLOADED
Like it might all come
CRASHING
DOWN

6.
SO WHY DID YOUR
SHAREPOINT
MIGRATION
FAIL?

7.
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YOU DON’T
KNOW
SharePoint

8.
Yes, you.

9.
Yes, you.
But it’s ok, that’s
mostly everyone

10.
SharePoint
is easy to use.
A few clicks,
and you get:
Sites, Lists, Libraries, Pages...

11.
And now you
Feel like the
coolest
person in town

12.
But SharePoint
requires
time
knowledge
patience
and experience

13.
It’s built on
Windows Server
IIS .NET SQL
DNS Javascript
AD
and so much
more...

14.
It’s built on
Windows Server
IIS .NET SQL
DNS Javascript
AD
and so much
more...
That’s a lot of moving parts to consider when migrating

15.
and if you’re not an expert in all of these fields....
then ASSEMBLE an EPIC team of them

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YOU THOUGHT
TRAINING
WAS OPTIONAL

17.
SH
OC
KIN
G!

18.
G!
KIN
OC
SH
Training is often left
at the end of the project
or even ignored

19.
BUT
WHY?

20.
Some see
it as too
big an
expen$e

21.
Some see
it as too
big an
expen$e
cost of training
+
cost of lost productivity

22.
TRAINING
HELPS!

23.
TRAINING
HELPS!
employee
satisfaction 

24.
TRAINING
HELPS!
employee
satisfaction 
tackle more tasks 

25.
TRAINING
HELPS!
employee
satisfaction 
tackle more tasks 
motivation to use
SharePoint 

26.
TRAINING
HELPS!
employee
satisfaction 
tackle more tasks 
motivation to use
SharePoint 
increased adoption 

27.
TRAINING
HELPS!
employee
satisfaction 
tackle more tasks 
motivation to use
SharePoint 
increased adoption 
and much more... 

28.
SO DON’T
IGNORE
TRAINING
IN YOUR
PLANNING

29.
Let the users play with
SharePoint

30.
and ensure your
SharePoint migration’s
success

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LACK OF
COMMUNICATION

32.
By bringing
change

33.
By bringing
change
you are already the
bad guy

34.
trying to change their routine.

35.
Without or proper
announcements communication
it’s going to
HIT HARD


36.
increasing your
chances
for a bad
SharePoint Migration
experience


37.
Take the time to
show off!
 New Features
 Dates & Milestones
 Organize launch events
 How it’ll facilitate tasks
 Reasons for the change

38.
COMMUNICATE
and see yourself
become the hero
coming to the rescue

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YOU THOUGHT
DATABASE-ATTACH
WOULD DO
EVERYTHING

40.
There can be only 1
...upgrade scenario
according to Microsoft,
only
Database-Attach
is supported
this is only from SP2010

41.
and you thought this
would work like magic

42.
bringing along all the old junk.
that’s everything that was in the
Databases

43.
did you forget
you had custom
coded solutions?

44.
Though it might
work for some...
Take the time to pick and
choose what to migrate
to SharePoint 2013

45.
Enough has changed in
SharePoint 2013
That you’ll
want to
build a new
architecture

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IGNORED
BUILDING A NEW
ARCHITECTURE

47.
2013
SP2013
arrived with cool
new
features Search
WCM
Social
SkyDrive Pro
WebParts
Design Manager

48.
Doing a
Database-Attach
upgrade
and bringing the same
old architecture over is like...

49.
getting a
COOL
new office

50.
And furnishing it
with old computers

51.
things like the
Content Search WebPart
will completely redefine
how you see
a SharePoint Architecture

52.
What used to be a brick wall
you couldn’t workaround
(boundaries between sites, site collections, etc.)

53.
Can now easily be done using
SEARCH

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YOU DIDN’T
INVENTORY YOUR
SITES AND TEST
THEM FOR UPGRADE

55.
Many factors will influence
whether your site
will still work after migration

56.
If you don’t know what you
have in your environment

57.
Then you won’t know
what could potentially
cause a problem after
an upgrade

58.
Take the time to inventory
your sites
and know what you have

59.
To run the
available
health checks
and tests
before upgrading

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NO PLANNING
NO GOVERNANCE
NO INFORMATION
ARCHITECTURE

61.
Governance
Should not strike fear
when said out loud
Should not be a burden
to carry during the
project

62.
A Governance plan helps establish rules.
With so many users and sites, it helps maintain
everything together.

63.
but keep it simple.

64.
or it will turn into a
document
NO ONE
will read

65.
Information
Architecture
is the logical
way of
organizing
your
SharePoint
architecture

66.
it will help you define things like
Metadata Columns Sites Content on
Pages
Navigation Hierarchy
and everything else that will be used in
your SharePoint

67.
Make sure you have a plan
SharePoint Migration is no easy
task

68.
set goals and milestones to
measure the success of your
migration

69.
This can be simple
Look at what you want to
Remove
Migrate
Rebuild
And this will be even easier to do if you
did an inventory of your sites before

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NO MEASURABLE
GOALS
WERE SET

71.
Without a clear set of goals
You won’t know if the
migration is a success or if
it’s finished. You’ll keep
going on and on

72.
Define clear goals
Objectives that
make it a successful
migration for you

73.
Measuring can be as
simple as knowing how
many sites have to be: Remove
Removed Migrate
Rebuild
Migrated or Rebuilt
14%
47%
39%

74.
or using SharePoint Analytics to see if
users are using the new features

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BRANDING
SEEMED
IRRELEVANT TO
YOU

76.
DID THESE IMAGES
EVOKE AN EMOTION?

77.
WHICH INTRANET
WOULD YOU HAVE
RATHER USED?

78.
But it has all the
same functionality,
why not?

79.
Branding helps increase user adoption and if
done correctly, might even help with User
Experience and “Findability”

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IGNORING
THIRD PARTY
TOOLS

81.
Tools cost money

82.
But so
does your
time

83.
THESE TOOLS MIGHT
END UP SAVING YOU
TIME AND MONEY

84.
SOME OF THEM ARE
EVEN PRETTY COST
EFFECTIVE
and EASY TO USE

85.
USEFUL LINKS  bniaulin
Supported Migration Scenarios
Introduction to SharePoint 2013
What might not work after you upgrade
Tools and Techniques to create a simple
Governance Plan
Planning a SharePoint Migration
What’s new with SharePoint Analytics
Using the Content Search Web Part to
Roll Up Sites
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86.
NO MORE
FAILED
SHAREPOINT
MIGRATIONS

87.
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You!
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