Move to SharePoint and leave the clutter behind

File servers, Google Drive, Dropbox, an older SharePoint, or another tenant. We audit first, then move what people still need into a structure they can search.

  • Audit before the copy
  • Permissions redesigned
  • Scoped after we see the volume
Home/SharePoint Migration

Wherever the files
are sitting now

Each move starts with an audit, so only what you still need makes the trip.

01

File server to SharePoint

The usual move. Years of nested folders, duplicates, and unclear owners, turned into sites and libraries search can find.

  • Active, archive, or delete
  • Deep folders replaced with libraries and metadata
  • NTFS access mapped to SharePoint groups
  • Mapped drives retired with a plan
  • One department at a time, or all at once
02

SharePoint Server to Online

Leave SharePoint 2013, 2016, or 2019, and modernise classic pages on the way instead of recreating them.

  • Classic sites rebuilt as modern pages
  • Old customisations reviewed
  • Workflows rebuilt in Power Automate or retired
03

Tenant to tenant

Mergers, splits, and rebrands, or one messy tenant folded into a cleaner one.

  • Sites, libraries, and versions moved
  • People and permissions remapped
  • Coordinated with Teams and OneDrive
04

Google Drive to SharePoint

Bring shared drives into Microsoft 365 so files sit next to Teams, Outlook, and the intranet.

  • Shared drives separated from personal files
  • Shared links replaced with SharePoint sharing
  • Version history kept where Drive allows it
05

Dropbox to SharePoint

Stop paying for a second place to store the same work.

  • Folders mapped to sites and libraries
  • Collaborators mapped to groups
  • What Dropbox can carry across, agreed up front
06

Then give it a front door

A migration without an intranet is just a new folder tree. The hub can be part of the same project.

  • News, navigation, and the libraries people need
  • Owners named before go-live
Intranet design

Where migrations
are won or lost

Copying files is the easy part. Deciding what moves, where it lives, and who can open it is the work.

An honest audit

What is active, what should be archived, and what can go, so ten years of clutter does not get a new address.

The destination first

Sites, hubs, libraries, and metadata agreed before anything moves. As simple as governance allows.

Permissions reset

Leavers, old exceptions, and inherited access cleaned up. Access follows roles, not whoever was in a folder in 2014.

Change the process too

Forms and old workflows that will not survive the move get redesigned in Power Automate, or dropped.

Built with the users

Department leads are in the design. Training uses their actual files, not a generic tour.

Rules from day one

Naming, ownership, and who can create a site, so the new environment does not drift back into the old one.

Phased, or
all at once

There isn’t one right answer. We recommend one from how your teams work, the volume, and how much testing you need.

Phased

Department by department

  • Less disruption at any one time
  • Each phase teaches the next
  • Fits mixed content quality
  • Teams may straddle old and new for a while

All at once

One planned switch

  • A short transition and one message to staff
  • No long period of two systems
  • Needs a real pilot first
  • Best when the content is already understood

From the audit
to the first weeks

1

Audit and scope

We look at content and permissions, then send a proposal and a plan.

2

Design

Target structure, permissions, and metadata agreed with the people who own the files.

3

Pilot, then move

A pilot with real users, then the rest. Checked for permissions, links, and search, not only file counts.

4

The first weeks

Hands-on help after go-live, when the quick fixes and the “where did that go?” questions show up.

Migration
questions

Will people lose access during the migration?

Content is copied while people keep working in the old location. A team switches to the new library when that library is ready, not in the middle of a copy.

Do we have to move everything?

No, and we usually advise against it. The audit shows what is active, what should be archived, and what can be deleted. A large share of an old file server often does not need to move.

What happens to our folder permissions?

We map them to SharePoint groups based on roles, and we drop leavers and one-off exceptions. A migration is the right moment to fix access nobody can explain.

Is version history kept?

SharePoint-to-SharePoint moves can keep versions. From file servers, Google Drive, and Dropbox we carry what each platform allows, and we agree that limit before the copy starts.

How long does a migration take?

A small, clean library can finish in a few weeks. A large or phased move often runs longer. You get a timeline after the audit, not a guess from a slide.

What about old workflows?

We review what is still running and recommend what to rebuild in Power Automate and what to retire. Copying a workflow that nobody uses is not part of a good move.

Tell us where the files
live today

A file server, Google Drive, Dropbox, or an older SharePoint. We will tell you what an audit needs to see before anyone talks about a date.

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