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SharePoint Online Migration

Pragmatic, EOL‑Aligned Modernization Strategy

Why Exiting SharePoint On‑Premises
Is No Longer Optional

Microsoft Support Ends in July 14, 2026

SharePoint 2016/2019, InfoPath & SharePoint Designer workflows lose all support, patches, and updates.

Security & Continuity
Exposure

EOL platforms introduce critical security, compliance, and business‑continuity risks across the enterprise.

Delay Increases Risk & Inhibits transformation

Organizations must move swiftly to avoid the EOL risks and unlock the ability to transform business processes with AI

Why SharePoint Migrations Are Harder Than they Look

Microsoft’s July 2026 end‑of‑life deadline creates urgency across IT, security, and business teams. But migrating SharePoint environments is rarely a simple lift‑and‑shift. Legacy customizations, unsupported forms and workflows, information architecture sprawl, and competing stakeholder priorities introduce material risk — operationally, commercially, and reputationally.

Challenges not adequately addressed by competitors

“Netwoven delivers the modernization that matters now — and defers the modernization that slows you down.”

  • Migrate only essential content, forms, and workflows
  • Archive or retire what no longer delivers value
  • Re‑platform for continuity first
  • Limit or defer process transformation

EOL Risk & Executive Accountability

  • SharePoint 2016/2019 approaching end of support
  • Executive pressure to exit EOL without disruption
  • Increased audit, security, and compliance exposure
  • No margin for missed deadlines or failed cutovers

Legacy Forms & Workflow Dependency

  • Heavy reliance on InfoPath forms and Designer/Nintex workflows
  • Mission‑critical business processes at risk
  • Unclear rebuild vs. re‑platform decisions
  • Power Platform readiness gaps slowing progress

Information Architecture & Standards Debt

  • Deeply nested subsites and inconsistent site models
  • Permissions sprawl and ownership ambiguity
  • Poor findability impacting productivity
  • Architecture not ready for Copilot or AI experiences

Delivery & Governance Pressure

  • Over‑ambitious modernization during migration
  • Program complexity straining PMO and delivery teams
  • Business owner fatigue and limited bandwidth for redesign
  • Cost overruns and schedule risk from excess scope

The Netwoven SharePoint Migration Advantage

Netwoven delivers EOL‑aligned SharePoint migrations using AI‑assisted tooling, proprietary accelerators, and a proven two‑phase modernization model. Our approach is built to align executives, infrastructure teams, security leaders, architects, PMOs, and business owners around a single, achievable migration plan.

Discerning Assessment & Intelligent Scope Control

Migrate only what is required for business continuity.

Identify what must migrate, what can be retired or archived, and what should not move forward
Distinguish rebuild vs. re‑platform vs. retire decisions for forms, workflows, and customizations
Reduce migration volume, cost, and delivery risk
Provide executives and PMOs with a defensible, realistic scope

AI‑Accelerated Assessment, Mapping & Decisioning

Increase speed, accuracy, and confidence in migration decisions.

AI‑assisted discovery of content, forms, workflows, and dependencies
Power BI inventory and decision dashboards for transparent planning
Data‑driven prioritization of critical vs. secondary workloads
Reduced manual analysis and human error

Foundational Power Platform COE (Required)

Enable safe exit from InfoPath and Designer‑based workloads.

Production and sandbox environments
Core governance and DLP policies
Solution structuring for migrated apps and flows
Maker access guardrails
Monitoring and telemetry (COE Starter Kit components)
ALM‑light practices to ensure stability during migration

AI-Accelerated Migration of Content, Forms & Workflows

Fully exit unsupported platforms before EOL.

Migrate all required business content, forms, workflows, and customizations within the project window
Prioritize mission‑critical processes first
Execute secondary (but required) workloads in controlled waves
40-60% acceleration in WF & Form replatforming

Focused Information Architecture Modernization

Establish a clean, Copilot‑ready foundation without over‑engineering.

Flatten classic subsite hierarchies
Map content into hub‑based navigation models
Improve ownership, permissions hygiene, and findability
Prepare the environment for Copilot and AI experiences

Foundational Security & Governance Alignment

Reduce risk exposure while protecting delivery timelines.

Sharing and external access controls
Site classification and ownership alignment
Basic Purview guardrails implemented during migration

Adoption, UAT & Cutover Readiness Enablement

Minimize disruption and accelerate user readiness.

UAT and issue‑tracking applications to reduce helpdesk overload
Migration Help Center for self-service assistance
Core communications and champions enablement
Cutover readiness & targeted training for launch

Global Delivery & Proprietary Migration Accelerators

Execute at scale with speed, consistency, and efficiency.

Global, follow‑the‑sun delivery model for cost efficiency and momentum
Migration mapping application to distribute IA and content decisions with structure and guidance
Help Center AI Agent to improve business owner self‑sufficiency
Reusable script library for proven, repeatable solutions

Click any advantage above to explore our detailed technical approach

01

  • Content, form, WF and customization inventory
  • Dependency mapping & ROT analysis
  • Workflow/form complexity & risk scoring
  • Migration strategy & timeline validation

02

  • Information architecture & mapping decisions
  • Permissions audit & security cleanup
  • Environment Infrastructure setup

03

  • IA flattening & Hub site strategy
  • Baseline Power Platform COE
  • Sharing & access hardening
  • Initial Purview controls

04

  • Tool selection per workload (ShareGate/SPMT)
  • Site-by-site migration execution
  • Workflow/app packaging & solution handling
  • Large libraries & version management

05

  • Focus: Continuity over Redesign scope creep
  • InfoPath → Power Apps
  • Designer Workflows → Automate
  • Documented acceleration patterns

06

  • Consolidated logs & automated error extraction
  • Permissions validation & integrity checks
  • Owner UAT cycles & approval

07

  • Help Center & AI Agent launch
  • Comm kits & Champions enablement
  • Delta migration & Final cutover

08

Post-Cutover Hypercare

  • AI/Copilot “agentification” of processes
  • Expanded COE & ALM pipelines
  • Advanced Purview rollout
  • UX redesign & business process innovation

Success Stories

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