SharePoint Migration Guide 2021
Here are some of the migration parameters that must be taken care
of to ensure a perfect SharePoint Migration experience-
1. Migration
Speed
From our years
of migration experience, we can enlist a number of factors that usually affect
the speed in any migration project :
- Content volume
- Attributes such as permissions,
metadata, etc.
- Hardware requirements
- Throttling Restrictions
- Governance Level
You must
evaluate these aspects and choose the migration tool that can eliminate the
shortcomings posed by these factors.
2. Migration
Process Efficiency
Migration
process efficiency and job uptime have a significant impact on the migration
duration. Every organization wants to make sure that migration is running at
full capacity with high accuracy. Migration job failure rate too must be
minimized as much as possible. Here are the major factors that need to be taken
care of during a Microsoft 365 migration.
3. Architecture
and Capacity
Different SharePoint versions have their own sets of
pros and cons that need to be considered minutely. Every process needs
appropriate infrastructural support to be productive. Your chosen migration
tool must have the right infrastructural features to maximize your migration success.
It should allow a great user experience accompanied by the least throttling
effect.
This will
ensure minimum error rate, minimized downtime, and eventually, greater
productivity.
Strategizing a Perfect Sharepoint Migration Plan
4. Downtime Loss Minimization
Once your
migration architecture is satisfactory, you can proceed towards mitigating the
downtime loss. Incremental migration or migration scheduling can work wonders to
save precious business time and plan migration downtime when the traffic is
low.
This will
enable the technical team to focus on set up and troubleshooting whenever they
feel it to be convenient.
5. Reduced
Failure Rate
Migration
Errors can turn out to be major setbacks if not handled properly. Higher
frequency of timeout and failure rates may require re-run for the whole
process. This can be a major money-burning experience. While some errors might
be unavoidable, a proper premigration and postmigration check can always prove
to be of help. Your SharePoint migration guide must contain pointers to
overcome such failures tactfully.
Therefore, it’s
important to ensure a good error reduction and risk mitigation plan in place. An
efficient Failure reporting mechanism too must be in place.
Conclusion
Finally, what
we expect from our migration project is to run smoothly. Focusing on the
efficiency rather than the mere parameters like time taken can be a great start
to improve your migration experience. Just wisely schedule your downtime,
avoiding throttling, and managing the errors.
These were our
tips to ensure a smooth SharePoint migration experience. Let us know how many
of these resonate with the pointers of your organizational SharePoint migration
guide!
