Onboarding Accelerator

Deployment and Migration

Assistance for SharePoint Lite

Onboarding Overview
Accelerator The Onboarding Accelerator for SharePoint Lite is an end-to-end deployment
and migration service designed to provide achievable and consistent results.
The service consists of structured phases aligning to major milestones in
With the
implementation and migration project scenarios. The Onboarding Accelerator
Onboarding
for SharePoint Lite targets smaller, less complex, intranet-facing SharePoint
Accelerator for
environments.
SharePoint Lite,
you can: The service accelerates SharePoint deployment and migration tasks by
Accelerate the combining a proven framework for resource allocation and task scheduling with
entire Microsoft custom data collection tools, automated deployment solutions, and detailed
SharePoint step-by-step delivery guides.
deployment
process Framework and Deliverables:
Decrease the
time taken to
define Plan, deploy,
requirements and
and migrate to
design
SharePoint
Form a plan of 2013 with
action for a
Premier Field
smooth
deployment with
Engineering
low risk services that
provide pre-
Schedule phases
1 and 2 to assure
defined
resource engagements to
availability speed up your
project

Is the Onboarding Accelerator for
SharePoint Lite right for your
organization?
Do you have an existing
SharePoint farm with less than:
Five servers running
Microsoft SharePoint Server?
500 GB total database size?
6 solutions?
Are you upgrading from a
previously supported version
of SharePoint?
Do you want to ensure a
smooth deployment and
migration experience?
Are you interested in learning
about the operational best
practices in SharePoint?
Are you looking for an
automated and repeatable
deployment solution for
SharePoint?
Are you looking for a solution
that helps prevent
configuration drift from
occurring in your SharePoint
environment?
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Structured phases of
SharePoint planning,
preparation, deployment,
testing and migration.
Delivery Framework:
The Onboarding Accelerator Deployment and Migration Assistance for SharePoint Lite
consists of a pre-engagement scoping phase (P0) and two primary phases (P1 and P2).
Phase 0
Qualify for the service
Define responsibilities and requirements
Agree on the scope and deliverables
Plan and prepare for Phase 1 and Phase 2
Phase 1
Perform an assessment of the existing SharePoint farms
Provide knowledge transfer on SharePoint 2013
Collect business requirements, dependencies and risks
Provide guidance and recommendations on deployment and migration solutions
Deploy the SharePoint test farm
Perform content migration testing
Validate and remediate content migration blocking issues
Phase 2
Deploy the SharePoint production farm
Perform go-live content migration
Support go-live migration
Provide recommendations and next steps
Solutions:
Custom data collection tool that automates the assessment of source SharePoint
farms and generates reports. *Supports SharePoint 2010 and 2013 farms only.
Custom chalk-talk presentations that provide knowledge transfer on SharePoint
Guidance and recommendations through interactive planning and working sessions
Advanced, customizable, and automated SharePoint deployment solution powered
by PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Scripted migration techniques combined with simple and effective step-by-step
migration guides improve the overall migration experience
Outcomes:
A decreased amount of time spent on defining requirements, planning, and testing
migration
Accelerated and repeatable deployment solution of SharePoint 2013
Mitigation of common deployment and migration related risks
Alignment with Microsoft recommended best practices
Improved probability of successful deployment and migration
Supported Migration and Deployment Scenarios:
One Onboarding Accelerator Deployment and Migration Assistance for SharePoint
Server Lite engagement targets, one test SharePoint 2013 farm and one production
SharePoint 2013 farm
Any version of Microsoft SharePoint Server that is still supported by Microsoft at the
time of delivery as outlined in: http://www.microsoft.com/lifecycle
All Microsoft components, server infrastructure, and topology must follow officially
supported configurations
Deployment of Microsoft products that integrate and interoperate with SharePoint
2013 are out of scope, such as Microsoft SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint
2013, Workflow Manager 1,0, Microsoft Project Server 2013, and so on. The
Onboarding Accelerator for SharePoint Full version supports this scenario