Pre-Migration check List:
If you prepare well before Migration with all details and proper Plan, The Entire Migration will be smooth.
Some basic and very important checks need to be
performed as pre-migration checklists include the farm topology detail, size of
content databases and custom solutions. Some important reports need to be
generated as part of pre-migration, Below is the list which must check in Pre-Migration checklist which will be
helpful for SharePoint migration:
- Farm Topology
Information Report
- Content Database
Detail Report
- Web Applications
Report
- Site Collection
Report
- Sites with basic
details (including size of sub sites, this will be helpful for breaking
content migration into separate threads for large sites
- Custom Solution
Report
- Custom Features
Report
- Custom Event
Receiver Information Report
- Lists with
workflows
- Checked Out Files
Report
- Documents larger
than 50 MB
- List Views
Approaching Recommended Thresholds Report
- Lists without a
major version limit
- Lookup Column
Information Report
- Custom Master
Pages and Page Layouts Report
- Custom Web Part
Pages Report
- Deprecated Site
Template Report
- Orphaned Users
(disabled in Active Directory)
- Documents/list
items with custom permissions
- Sites unchanged in
the last 6 months
These reports can be generated
through PowerShell scripts and also through 3rd party tools which provide a variety of
reports.
