01 Jul 2010

SharePoint 2010 migration advice for firms

Businesses have been given some 'need-to-know' advice on migrating to Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

ITNewsAfrica explains that content migration issues can cause difficulties in migrating to the new version of the collaboration platform.

However, an understanding of how best to manage the process can help to ensure that any disruption is minimal and that the migration goes smoothly.

Using migration tools free of service pack requirements is one suggestion, enabling data to be upgraded from SharePoint 2003 or 2007 directly into SharePoint 2010.

Granular migration - where priority folders or files can be moved over first - is a further recommendation to reduce risk by allowing the process to be carried out in small chunks.

Bob Bueltmann, vice-president of business development and co-founder of KnowledgeLake, recently spoke at the AIIM Roadshow 2010 of how SharePoint has become a "hot topic" for enterprise content management.

He suggested that, within the next three to five years, Microsoft's rapid rate of learning could see competitor products removed from the market completely.