#moss migration

One of the most common statements which people share when attempting to migrate SharePoint 2003 to 2007 is that it is “painful”, and that can certainly be true unless you have a vanilla SharePoint 2003 with out of the box features only.

The truth is that most of us have added custom coding, solutions, and tools that we have grown to depend on and rely on.  Many of migrations seemingly force people to lose these beneficial additions, or in order to keep them we need to go through a number of hoops and suffer through countless headaches.  What a lot of these individuals do not realize, however, is that there are third party tools out there which can help you migrate 2003 to MOSS.

Using A Deployment Solution

Some of the most innovative companies in this space have created deployers which can make the transition from an older version of SharePoint to a newer version painless.  The first step in the process:

·         Create a new migration project and save the project

This area allows you to create a project and then save that project for future migration, saving you time and stress.

·         Connecting and loading your servers

After a migration plan is created, you can then begin to load a Source ECM contents and then target SharePoint in the migration solution.

·         Modeling SharePoint and deploying all Source content

This step involves how you can customize the target (SharePoint) and how you can deploy course content.

Most solutions for migrating SharePoint 2003 to 2007 allow you to configure the program's settings so that they help you meet your personal or business goals while saving you time and additional expense.

Tips For Preparing For A SharePoint Migration

Investing in a third party solution from a reputable vendor will go a long way in ensuring that your SharePoint migraiton goes as smoothly as possible. But there are other steps which you can take to make sure that your migration story is a successful one.

Perform A Content Audit

The newest version of SharePoint is not yet out  on the market, but that odes not mean that you cannot start your content audit now.  A content audit will allow you to get rid of any unimportant or old content which will then reduce the scope of migration and make the process easier and more effective.

·         Bonus Tip: Eighty percent of your employees will use only twenty percent or less of the content on your intranet.  Identify the core twenty percent of content and make it your number one priority when you migrate.

Don't Ignore Post Migration

Companies and businesses all over the world almost always have the need to migrate files and folders at one point or another. It can be a fairly common practice in some places, and this particularly true in the age when more companies are turning to collaborative work areas and cloud computing so that multiple people can easily access the same files and documents all at once. As this happens and there are more and more files and documents that need to be managed and migrated, the task of migration can become a little trickier, putting you at risk of losing files and information. At times like this you may want to look for ways that you can use for a more automated and safe migration.

Migration for MOSS

A common occurrence today in the business world is the need to migrate MOSS 2007 or to this particular application. MOSS stands for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, an application platform that can be used to store and manage content and documents, create websites and provide for collaborative workspace and efforts for employees. When migration of data is necessary, there is always the possibility of certain important data getting lost in the transition. This can be particularly tricky as you can run the risk of losing important content such as contacts, tasks, documents, metadata and security settings, all of which can be important to the proper function of your business and its systems. You want to be sure that you make use of a tool that can help you to handle the migration easily and successfully.

Looking at Options

You will find that there are a number of tool options available to you that can help to make the migration process easier for you. Many of the tools you find are made to provide you with the look and feel of Windows operations that you are familiar with so that many of the functions and designs work in the same manner. This makes the tools much more intuitive for you to use and you can then handle the migration process much easier. You are then able to migrate all of your data including all of the important settings that you need to have and any particular rules or policies that you may have previously set so that everything carries over to the new setting.