Make information easier to find
Organise content around business functions and working context instead of inherited drive letters and folder depth.
Information architecture & migration
SharePoint migrations built around how information is used.
Move file server data to SharePoint Online with the structure, ownership and permissions required to make the destination easier to govern—not simply a cloud copy of the old drive.
≈3TB migratedWindows Server to SharePoint Online
Information-ledArchitecture before data movement
Controlled deliveryValidation and handover included
Replace file shares with a deliberate information environment.
Successful SharePoint adoption depends on structure, access and ownership being understandable after the migration team leaves.
Clarify ownership and access
Define who owns each information domain and how permissions should operate before content is transferred.
Reduce migration risk
Profile source data, resolve exceptions and validate destination content through controlled migration waves.
Engagement scope
Architecture and migration as one workstream.
The target environment is designed before migration tooling and wave plans are finalised.
01
Source data assessment
Profile volume, file types, path depth, age, ownership, permissions and technical exceptions.
02
Information architecture
Define sites, libraries, metadata, navigation and ownership around business information domains.
03
Permissions model
Translate access requirements into maintainable groups and boundaries without recreating unnecessary complexity.
04
Migration waves
Sequence pilot and production content with business validation, exception handling and cutover decisions.
05
Handover and governance
Document the destination structure and establish practical rules for ownership and ongoing information management.
A controlled path from file server to SharePoint Online.
The method separates design, preparation, migration and acceptance so data movement does not outrun business decisions.
Understand the source
Establish content volume, quality, risk and ownership before defining the destination.
Resolve the architecture
Agree the site, library, metadata, access and governance model.
Move in validated waves
Execute pilot and production transfers with exception reporting and business checks.
Cut over and hand over
Confirm access, retire old paths deliberately and transfer operational knowledge.
Selected engagement≈3TB
Business data migrated from Windows Server to SharePoint Online.
Migration supported by purpose-designed information architecture.
Braddon IT migrated approximately 3TB of business data from Windows Server to SharePoint Online and designed the supporting SharePoint information architecture. The engagement combined destination structure with controlled content movement.
- Windows Server source
- SharePoint Online destination
- Information architecture
- Production migration
Related project capabilities.
SharePoint migrations frequently sit inside broader Microsoft 365 and endpoint transformation programmes.
Start with the information model
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