2014-12-24

I was asked information sources about migration planning. Below is a list of links to blogs and white papers. There are many more, Search is your friend.

Don’t be afraid of approaching software vendors, they can be very helpful if you ask the right questions.

Update from Collab365 Team : Since this article was published, we’ve also created the Collab365 Directory which now has a section listing the ‘Best SharePoint Migration Tools

Migration content

  1. AIIM, ECM Content Migration – Best Practices in Document Archive Convergence
  2. National Archives (UK), Exporting and transferring electronic data
  3. National Archives (UK), Managing Digital Continuity
  4. Share-Gate 10 reasons your SharePoint migration failed
  5. Share-Gate migration presentation and further articles
  6. Quest, Migration best practise (White Paper)
  7. Portal Solutions, Tough Migration Decisions (White Paper)
  8. CMS Wire, 5 tasks for successful migrations to SharePoint 2013
  9. Christian Buckley, Migrations Are Never as Simple As You Think
  10. Steven Pogrebivsky, SharePoint Content Migration + The Sins of Your Past
  11. Amol Meshe, SharePoint 2013 Migration: Guidelines and Best Practises
  12. Stacy Wilson, SharePoint Content Migration That Delivers ROI
  13. Stacy Wilson, 16 SharePoint Content Migration Questions You Need to Ask

Reasons to migrate

  1. Errin O’Connor, AIIM Should Your SharePoint 2007 Platform Migrate to 2010 or Go Right to SharePoint 2013?
  2. Steven Pogrebivsky, CEO at Metavis Technologies Migration Options for SharePoint 2013: Consider Your Options Carefully
  3. Dan Holme, Migrating From SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, Part 1
  4. Dan Holme, Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, Part 2
  5. Migration Dragon for SharePoint

Software

  1. CMSWire SharePoint Pre-Migration Tasks

YMV

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About the author 

Michael Bunyan