This document discusses several SharePoint migration projects completed by BinaryRepublik. It describes migrations from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 for USAmeriBank and Just Energy. It also details a custom migration for SJHC from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 that included migrating workflows. Other projects discussed include migrations for Quanex, Palm Beach Country Schools, Lee County Electric Cooperative involving TFS and Project Server migrations, and an Exchange migration for Tamarac. The document provides introductions to each client organization and outlines the requirements and approaches used for each migration project.

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MIGRATION PROJECTS – SHAREPOINT

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CONTENTS
SharePoint Migration...............................................................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Tools.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Project: USAmeriBank..............................................................................................................................................................................................2
Migration – SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013................................................................................................................................2
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Project: SJHC – Capital Budget Approval Process.....................................................................................................................................3
Custom Migration.................................................................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................3
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Project: Just Energy...................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Intranet Migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013......................................................................................................5
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Project: Quanex...........................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Redesigning & Re-Migrating to SharePoint 2010 as per best practices..................................................................................6
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Project: Palm Beach Country Schools (PBCS)...............................................................................................................................................7
SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 Migration....................................................................................................................................7
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Project: Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC)........................................................................................................................................9
TFS Server Migration...........................................................................................................................................................................................9
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Project Server Migration................................................................................................................................................................................10
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Requirements..................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Project: Tamarac......................................................................................................................................................................................................11

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Exchange Migration..........................................................................................................................................................................................11
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................................................................11
Requirements..................................................................................................................................................................................................11

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SHAREPOINT MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
SharePoint migration decisions have become more complicated due to the rapidly expanding volume of enterprise
content and evolving user needs and expectations. Trends like social media, mobility and cloud computing have
influenced enterprise collaboration and content management, prompting new features in SharePoint 2013 and making
SharePoint Online an appealing option for some workloads.
While companies may find that SharePoint 2010 meets their content management and collaboration needs, some are
considering SharePoint 2013, while others have questions about migrating content from third-party content management
systems to SharePoint environments.
Others are considering SharePoint Online, the cloud-based version of the platform. It can reduce maintenance and
management headaches and ease the experience for remote workers or third-party contractors. But migrating to
SharePoint Online can also break site customizations, so user beware.
No matter the type of migration, concerns about SharePoint architecture, data integrity, governance and performance
remain important. The growing significance of metadata as a way to categorize information and make it more findable
adds another layer of complexity to any SharePoint migration.
TOOLS
We have used the following approaches and tools to migrate:
1. Content Database Migration
- Migration of content database from source to destination.
- This is the most preferred option for migration
2. PowerShell scripts - “stsadm” – Backup – Restore method
- Another automation scripting tool to perform migration
3. ShareGate GUI & ShareGate scripts
- Third-party tool for migration
4. Metalogix GUI & Metalogix scripts
- Third-party tool for migration

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PROJECT: USAMERIBANK
MIGRATION – SHAREPOINT 2007 TO SHAREPOINT 2013
INTRODUCTION
A leading independent bank serving Florida and Alabama with more than $2 billion in deposits, USAmeriBank is highly
capitalized to ensure tremendous financial stability and provide the flexibility to offer solutions that are beyond of the
capabilities of rigid regional or national companies. Their current environment was SharePoint 2007. USAmeriBank current
environment was SharePoint 2007. We migrated it to SharePoint 2013.
REQUIREMENTS
We performed a content migration for USAmeriBank from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013.
Before migration, we performed a health-check on both, their current SharePoint 2007 and their new SharePoint 2013
environment.
We used ShareGate and custom PowerShell scripts for the migration.
The above screenshot is their SharePoint 2007 environment. We migrated it to SharePoint 2013.

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PROJECT: SJHC – CAPITAL BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS
CUSTOM MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
SJHC (South Jersey Hospital Company) is a nonprofit health care organization with four multi-specialty health centers and
a total of more than 60 locations. The network, which traces its roots to 1899, comprises three hospitals, a comprehensive
cancer center, several multi-specialty health centers and a total of more than 100 locations. These include urgent care;
outpatient imaging and rehabilitation; numerous specialty centers, including sleep medicine, cardiac testing, digestive
health and wound care; hospice and home care; and more than 30 primary and specialty physician practices in Gloucester,
Cumberland, Salem and Camden counties. For SJHC, we migrated the custom workflow from SharePoint 2007 to
SharePoint 2013.

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REQUIREMENTS
SJHC had their intranet developed in SharePoint 2007. So, they wanted to migrate SJHC environment to SharePoint 2010.
Later, when SP 2013, was released, we migrated from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013.
They had their state-machine workflows, currently in-progress (in SharePoint 2007) and they wanted to have that in the
same state only. Moreover, their content was too huge.
To achieve this, we chose the content-DB migration as the migration approach. The main reason, was to have the custom
workflows migrated, along with their current stage and running instances. So, for 2010 and later, from SharePoint 2010 to
SharePoint 2013, we chose this approach for migration.

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PROJECT: JUST ENERGY
INTRANET MIGRATION FROM SHAREPOINT 2007 TO SHAREPOINT 2013
INTRODUCTION
Just Energy is a leading provider of natural gas, electricity and green energy. We were established in 1997 and as a publicly
traded company, serve more than 2 million customers across North America. Along with electricity and natural gas supply,
we offer green energy product options and energy efficient programs that let customers support a cleaner environment.
Just Energy stands by its vision to be the gold standard in retail energy delivering stability, value and innovation in every
customer, shareholder, employee and community relationship. Our vision serves as the framework for every aspect of our
business.
REQUIREMENTS
Just Energy wanted their intranet migrated from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013.
We migrated their intranet portal from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013. The approach was content database
migration, along with ShareGate and custom PowerShell script.
They also had many custom solutions deployed on their SharePoint 2007 environment. We migrated these custom
solutions also, from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2013.

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PROJECT: QUANEX
REDESIGNING & RE-MIGRATING TO SHAREPOINT 2010 AS PER BEST PRACTICES
INTRODUCTION
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with locations around the world, Quanex Building Products Corporation is an industry-
leading manufacturer of engineered materials and components for building products sold to Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs). We design and produce energy-efficient window and door products, systems and solutions, as well
as kitchen and bathroom cabinet components.
REQUIREMENTS
Quanex had their intranet setup in SharePoint 2010. But, they wanted us to have it done in the approach where the best
practices are maintained.
They had 3 environments – Staging, Dev and Production. Also, they had K2 servers in all the 3 environments. With this,
they had their intranet portal with no proper site structure. We analyzed their current environment and redesigned the
environment. Based on that, we migrated the content.
We migrated the contents using PowerShell “stsadm” backup-restore method. Also, using the same approach, we
migrated K2 servers.

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PROJECT: PALM BEACH COUNTRY SCHOOLS (PBCS)
SHAREPOINT 2010 TO SHAREPOINT 2013 MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
The School District of Palm Beach County is the eleventh largest in the nation and the fifth largest in the state of Florida
with 185 schools, serving more than 183,000 students who speak 150 languages and dialects. As the largest employer in
Palm Beach County, the school district has nearly 21,000 employees, including more than 12,000 teachers.
REQUIREMENTS
For PCBS, we performed the migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013.
We had huge database to be migrated. So, we decided to go for content database migration. This migration had many
content DBs and 2 web applications.
They had also used another 3rd
party solutions, and deployed it on their environment. Along with their custom WSPs. We
migrated that too, using Content Database migration approach.
The other solution was their support site.

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For this, we had performed the content migration, along with some branding issues and performance issues fixed.

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PROJECT: LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE (LCEC)
TFS SERVER MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
Lee County Electric Cooperative has been serving Southwest Florida’s energy needs since 1940. LCEC was created to
deliver power to cooperative members. The principle on which we were founded – service to local community. LCEC
currently serves nearly 200,000 customers in Lee County and parts of Collier, Hendry, Charlotte, and Broward counties.
REQUIREMENTS
LCEC team was using TFS 2010 to manage all their projects. They want to migrate their TFS server 2010 data to TFS server
2015.
Their architecture had 2 application server and 2 Build Servers for TFS. Each had multiple project collection having the
database sizes to 10 GB each (Server).
We installed and configured the TFS in each of the new servers. Then, after configuration, we perform the Content
database migration for each of the servers so as to get all the data in the same position as that in the current environment.

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PROJECT SERVER MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
Lee County Electric Cooperative has been serving Southwest Florida’s energy needs since 1940. LCEC was created to
deliver power to cooperative members. The principle on which we were founded – service to local community. LCEC
currently serves nearly 200,000 customers in Lee County and parts of Collier, Hendry, Charlotte, and Broward counties.
REQUIREMENTS
LCEC also wanted to migrate all the existing projects from Project Server 2010 to Project Server 2013. We have completed
this migration using content database migration and PowerShell scripts.
Their architecture had 3 application servers for Project server. Each had multiple site collections having the database sizes
to 5 GB each (Server).
We configured the Project server Service application in each of the new servers. Then, after configuration, we perform the
content-db migration for each of the servers so as to get all the data in the same position as that in the current
environment.

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PROJECT: TAMARAC
EXCHANGE MIGRATION
INTRODUCTION
Ideally situated in western Broward County, Tamarac provides access to highways, railways, airports and waterways, and a
wealth of cultural and sports activities. Tamarac covers a 12-square mile area and is home to more than 60,000 residents
and approximately 2,000 businesses. Since its founding in 1963, the median age of the residents continue to grow
younger and they are becoming more culturally diverse; all attracted to the neighborhoods, parks and recreation, and
business opportunities that make Tamarac “The City for Your Life”
REQUIREMENTS
Tamarac was using Exchange 2003 for their inbound and outbound mails.
They wanted a migration to the latest Exchange servers i.e. - Exchange 2013. We performed this migration using a third
party tool - CodeTwo. CodeTwo Exchange Migration enables direct migrations from Exchange 2003 to 2013, at the same
time reducing the amount of time and number of pre-configuration tasks required to complete the job.

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They also wanted Cross Forest Migration of current Windows Active Directory 2003 to an existing Active Directory 2008
R2. This was a bit of a typical requirement as it was 2003 and that too cross-forest migration from 2003 to 2008 R2. Still,
we used Active Directory Migration Tool 3.2 (ADMT 3.2) to perform this migration. ADMT is a free utility that allows you to
migrate objects (users, computers, groups, etc.) from one Windows Server Active Directory domain/forest to another.