{"id":2320,"date":"2024-01-29T09:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=2320"},"modified":"2024-05-02T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T07:35:52","slug":"seamless-transition-and-improved-collaboration-open-text-content-server-to-sharepoint-migration","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/casestudies\/seamless-transition-and-improved-collaboration-open-text-content-server-to-sharepoint-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Seamless Transition and Improved Collaboration: Open Text Content Server to Sharepoint Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Business Scenario<\/h2>\n<p>A government organization with 800 staff and 1 TB of content needed to migrate from an Open Text Content Server to SharePoint Online. The migration required preserving link functionality for historical documents, ensuring seamless integration with Active Directory, and maintaining data security.<\/p>\n<h2>Project Details<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Customer<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Mid-sized governmental organization, 800 employees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Country<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Domain<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Finance, Government<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Division\/ Department<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">15 departments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Engagement Model<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Dedicated Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Tools and Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>OpenText Content Server<\/li>\n<li>SharePoint Online<\/li>\n<li>PowerShell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Browser Compatibility<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Migration Tool<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Tzunami Migration Tool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Development Environment<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Remote Desktop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Our Solution<\/h2>\n<p>Understanding the requirements, our team identified SharePoint Online as the ideal platform to fulfill user needs. The initial step involved creating an Information Architecture to support search, tagging, and a fine-grained security model. A Tzunami tool was employed to manage URL redirection, preserving link functionality for historical documents using migration reports as a database via an IIS extension. The Information Architecture facilitated secure document access while optimizing repository efficiency in SharePoint. Customizations were designed, and the migration tool was chosen. A phased approach was adopted for departmental migrations, beginning with an initial migration, followed by validation, and concluding with delta migrations for cutover.<\/p>\n<h2>Training<\/h2>\n<p>A \u201cTrain the Trainer\u201d approach was employed, where one trainer per department acted as a local administrator and facilitated training. A centralized \u201cTraining Hub\u201d was established, housing training materials, including quick user guides and instructional videos, ensuring consistent and effective training across the organization.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-9.webp\" alt=\"img-02\" width=\"730\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-9.webp 730w, https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-9-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>SharePoint Migration<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-7.webp\" alt=\"img-03\" width=\"730\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-7.webp 730w, https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-7-300x149.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Results<\/h2>\n<p>The OpenText Content Server migration to SharePoint Online yielded significant achievements:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2326 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4-5.webp\" alt=\"img-04\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4-5.webp 730w, https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4-5-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The successful migration highlighted meticulous planning, effective execution, and technology integration. Preserving links and data integrity, optimizing architecture, and prioritizing user training ensured a seamless transition. This achievement emphasizes the significance of planning, technology, and user-centric strategies in achieving efficient document management.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5-7-1.webp\" alt=\"img-05\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5-7-1.webp 730w, https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5-7-1-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[14,46,17],"class_list":["post-2320","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharepoint-development-solutions","category-sharepoint-migration","category-sharepoint-migration-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/2320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-study"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poiseddevelopers.com\/reality-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}