{"id":3478,"date":"2019-07-22T11:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T05:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:17:21","slug":"how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website","title":{"rendered":"How to Ensure a Smooth Office 365 Migration for Your SharePoint Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Essential_Steps_to_Follow_for_Smooth_Office_365_Migration\" title=\"Essential Steps to Follow for Smooth Office 365 Migration\">Essential Steps to Follow for Smooth Office 365 Migration<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Pre-Planning_is_Needed\" title=\"Pre-Planning is Needed:\">Pre-Planning is Needed:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Plan_for_the_Infrastructure_and_Content_Exchange\" title=\"Plan for the Infrastructure and Content Exchange:\">Plan for the Infrastructure and Content Exchange:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Leverage_the_Deployment_Readiness_Tools\" title=\"Leverage the Deployment Readiness Tools:\">Leverage the Deployment Readiness Tools:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Plan_for_Your_SharePoint_Website\" title=\"Plan for Your SharePoint Website:\">Plan for Your SharePoint Website:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-to-ensure-a-smooth-office-365-migration-for-your-sharepoint-website\/#Plan_for_Your_End_User_Experience\" title=\"Plan for Your End User Experience:\">Plan for Your End User Experience:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Microsoft Office 365 has seen a phenomenal growth in the past and till now it is considered to be the most widely used enterprise cloud services. Today, many organizations are moving to the cloud to avail its benefits of easy scalability, flexibility, reduced costs, security and enhanced collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Office 365 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sharepoint-development\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SharePoint development<\/span><\/a> is a feature rich software that helps to significantly boost the collaboration, communication and also the security of your organization. This subscription based suite offers some of the most popular Microsoft\u2019s components like the Access, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, SharePoint, Excel, Outlook and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, once you have decided for Office 365 Migration, you should consider the following for a smooth migration. Here in this blog, I will share with you the essential steps that you should follow:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Essential_Steps_to_Follow_for_Smooth_Office_365_Migration\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Essential Steps to Follow for Smooth Office 365 Migration<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pre-Planning_is_Needed\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Pre-Planning is Needed:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are planning for an office 365 migration for your SharePoint website, then the first thing is a kickoff meeting.\u00a0 During this meeting, you can put the plan together regarding the infrastructure and determine how to change the user experience, develop training and communications plan, Skype for business and etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Your planning phase should also include the preparation and laying out of your migrations steps. You may also need to consider how to synchronize SharePoint content to SharePoint Online.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plan_for_the_Infrastructure_and_Content_Exchange\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Plan for the Infrastructure and Content Exchange:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Conducting a bandwidth assessment is essential and this allows you to determine the concurrent client machines that are connected to the network for any specific time. This helps to determine the segments of the network and connections needed that helps to determine the bandwidth requirements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You will also have to consider the on-premises hardware that you will need and also identify the migration tools or methods for a smooth process.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking for Office 365 Consultation?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/office-365-consultation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leverage_the_Deployment_Readiness_Tools\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Leverage the Deployment Readiness Tools:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Office 365 offers some deployment readiness tools that help to make your <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sharepoint-migration-and-upgradation\/\">SharePoint migration<\/a> <\/span>process easy. The tools are useful in gathering and analyzing information based on your existing AD and domain settings. It helps you to capture your SharePoint end user environment, Exchange and Skype for business settings and network configurations and settings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You can also use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. These planning tools help you to speed up the time needed for environment discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plan_for_Your_SharePoint_Website\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Plan for Your SharePoint Website: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint Online is a cloud based service that has Office 365 for Business in it. This service helps the companies to easily share and collaborate with their partners, customers and associates. Before connecting to SharePoint Online, you have to plan to manage through the Administration Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/faqs-sharepoint\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ.png\" alt=\"SharePoint FAQs\" width=\"831\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ.png 831w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ-823x100.png 823w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SharePoint-FAQ-560x67.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You will also have to consider global site setting, intranet, internet and extranet settings, MySites, user profiles and etc. Consider your site permissions, collections, features and also the overall look and feel of the site while avoiding any complex customizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plan_for_Your_End_User_Experience\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #008080;\"><strong>Plan for Your End User Experience:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While preparing for the migration you also have to plan for the end user experience. The web experience includes the web browser users from Chrome, Mozilla, IT and etc. For a rich user experience, you will also have to consider the newer versions of OS and MS office that will help to ensure that your help desk is ready. Windows Intune and the Productivity Hub can also help you with your Office 365 distribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While planning for your migration to Office 365, you should remember to create a proper plan, prepare and then go for the final migration process. All these steps involve various sub-steps and help to ensure that you are ready to go for the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/modern-sharepoint-pages-and-its-new-features-for-the-users\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Modern SharePoint Pages and Its New Features for The Users<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Office 365 has seen a phenomenal growth in the past and till now it is considered to be the most widely used enterprise cloud services. 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