In this article you will learn about SharePoint Pre-Migration Considerations.
Purpose SharePoint Migration, a daunting task lies ahead? Yes, of course. There is no secret formula as such for successful migration, because every migration is different in its own ways. But to end up on a positive side we should work out exactly how and what content we are going to migrate, and when you are going to do it. Do a thorough analysis of our current environment and decide a strategy of your migration, with this you will minimize the risk ahead and loss of data. This document will serve a purpose of about the things we should consider before we start with the actual migration. Value Addition Will help team to identify and analyze the current SharePoint environment against the factors which will have an impact over migration. Business Scenario SharePoint Migration Target Audience
Technology SharePoint 2007/2010/2013 Consider this for Pre-Migration Tasks The key in migrating successfully to the new version of SharePoint, or migrating from an earlier version to a later version is ensuring that you have a clear, business goal-oriented plan before proceeding. Businesses need to define what business outcomes they wish to achieve. Moving everything onto SharePoint is not a business goal. Businesses need to examine what it is they want to achieve and see if the new platform can do that for them. Enterprises failure to do so, or failure to implement a solid governance policy during the migration, can lead to major headaches later on. In terms of migrations, enterprises should keep in mind:
Before starting with Migration process, you must document things on the current environment, which includes, but not limited to:
References http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2012/09/25-things-to-document-before-you-start-migration.html
SharePoint 2013 Administration Essentials