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Migration Migraines – Avoiding the Tylenol
1. Migration Migraines
Avoiding the Tylenol
9:10am - 10:00am, Room 606. NRG Park. Nov 5.
David Frette
Moss Delight
Odin H. Castillo
LogicBound, Inc.
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2. Welcome to SharePoint TechFest
Thank you for being a part of the
Houston SharePoint TechFest!
• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate.
• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the lobby so as not
to disturb others.
• Thanks to our Sponsors!
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4. “Generally speaking, a migration
will magnify problems, not solve
them”
Migration => migraine
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5. About Moss Delight Services
• Houston-based organization
• Provide Consulting and Solutions based on improving
business processes and access to data through
technology based process improvements
• Industries served: Technology, Energy, Oil Field Services,
Manufacturing, Investment Banking, Chemicals, Housing,
Commodities Trading, Property Management, and
Transportation
• Management has over 50 years of experience
implementing and managing enterprise solutions
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• Pre-Migration
• Know your
– Upgrade Path
– Players
– Content
– Architecture
Warm Up
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If your users weren’t fluent in
SP 2007/2010, they won’t be
in SP 2013.
While 2013 might be a little
more intuitive (debatable at
best), if users don’t
understand SharePoint, the UI
won’t make them get it.
Proficiency
9. Training
If you didn’t have an adequate training program in
SP 2007/2010, you won’t have one in SP 2013
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• End Users
• Power Users
• Content Managers
• Administrators
– Farm
– Site
• Developers
11. Content
Redundant copies don’t vanish. Obsolete content
doesn’t become relative, and search continues to
remain cluttered.
“Those who cannot clean up the
past content are condemned to
migrate it”
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17. Seek Help
SharePoint skills are gained through doing – get someone with experience
Be careful that 5 years of experience means 5 years, not 1 year X 5
Be careful of so called SharePoint ‘experts’
An All-in-one SharePoint person is a fallacy
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19. Communication & Sponsorship
“Know thy Enemy”
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• Be clear that
– Change is coming (Broadcast & Narrowcast)
– Who and How are they going to be affected?
– You “will” need volunteers … it takes a village
• Have a plan and have it approved
– Chart the course
– Get it approved at the highest level
• Let’s be honest, You’re going to make mistakes &
learn along the way
21. It’s not just data that is being migrated
• Well, yes Data, but what is it made of
– Versions, Metadata, Structure, Permissions, ∞!
– Will it migrate
• Don’t forget the system(s)
– Taxonomy (Site Map, Containers)
– Security (Permission Levels, Identities)
– Functionality and features
– Business Processes and custom development
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