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No, migration is the mechanical step. The real work is deciding where files should live, how Teams and SharePoint are used, and who should have access. You need organizational consistency so that everyone knows where and when to communicate.

Organizations that skip architecture do typically redesign their environment, but usually they do it as a series of ad-hoc changes, typically with major workslow-downs and confusion after the fact and after a couple years of this, they either give up and accept the mess or rebuild it from the ground-up.

Why can’t we just lift and shift or forklift our files into Microsoft 365?

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It's like moving from a 2-bedroom condo to a 6-bedroom houseor vice-versa. You can't just move directly from one room to another. For example, if you have any file container with more than 100k files and folders in your old system, you are risking major permissions problems if you just migrate that directly into SharePoint.

When you architect effectively, you will avoid these problems and find much more productivity, simpler sharing and more security than any other system. The reason you hear of nightmares is because organizations just "turned it on and started copying files over".

If we already migrated without planning, are we in trouble?

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No. It costs a small amount more to "build the airplane while you are flying it", but with a couple of rare exceptions, we can get you cleaned up in an existing SharePoint tenant just about as fast as if you started a clea nmigration. The biggest issue is when you let staff develop bad habits or waste a lot of time as they work around a broken system - often without even knowing it's broken. That's why, the sooner you do it before things veer too far away, the easier it is.

How does AP Logic approach migrations differently?

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AP Logic works with you to define the information architecture, including (optionally) elements like chat/posts, tasks/planner boards, while providing the permissions structure and setting up repositories to allow for sharing where it makes sense, or have important info locked-down when that is more important.

Is doing the work up-front really worth it?

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Yes. We've done the math through client surveys and analysis of their information. We know how many minutes per day are lost to staff that are not able to find or share files correctly, constantly barraged with irrelevant messages, etc. The numbers are between 30 mins and 3 hours/day, per staff member.

Most of the time, the money and investment is returned within 1-2 months. It's an extremely aggressive value proposition. And that says nothing about the emotional energy and frustration seen by staff who deal with information overload and chaos.

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