HOW WE HELP
Modernization & Migration
Move beyond aging platforms with a practical path forward. We help you assess legacy SharePoint sites, applications, and content, then plan and deliver a transition to modern Microsoft cloud environments.
A CLEARER PATH FORWARD
Modernize with the business in mind.
Understand what you have, decide what to keep, and move toward an environment your people can use and your team can maintain.
Reduce legacy dependence
Identify the sites, tools, and workarounds that keep your organization tied to aging systems.
Keep valuable information useful
Move relevant content and capabilities with attention to ownership, access, and how people will find them.
Make the transition manageable
Plan migration waves, communication, validation, and support around the people affected.
WHAT WE DELIVER
A transition plan grounded in your environment
Discovery and readiness
Inventory sites, content, applications, and dependencies to understand the work and identify migration risks.
SharePoint modernization
Move suitable legacy SharePoint content into modern sites, with information architecture and navigation designed for the target environment.
Forms and workflow assessment
Review legacy forms, workflows, and customizations, then decide which to replace, rebuild, simplify, or retire.
Application and integration transition
Assess hosting, authentication, data connections, and integration dependencies when moving suitable applications to Azure or Microsoft 365.
Migration planning and delivery
Define migration waves, owner communications, validation steps, and a transition approach with clear responsibilities.
Adoption and ongoing ownership
Prepare site owners and users for the new experience, document the solution, and establish a path for support and improvement.
WHERE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Move the right things. Improve what comes next.
An aging SharePoint estate
Bring sites and content into a modern environment with a clear decision for each part of the estate.
- Inventory
- Prioritize
- Migrate
- Validate
Legacy forms and workflows
Preserve the business outcome while replacing dependencies that no longer fit your platform.
- Discover
- Redesign
- Rebuild
- Transition
A stalled migration
Reassess scope, ownership, resources, and the delivery approach to establish a realistic path to completion.
- Review
- Plan
- Sequence
- Deliver
A useful application on unsuitable hosting
Review the application and its dependencies before moving it into a managed organizational environment.
- Assess
- Prepare
- Move
- Support
FROM IDEA TO EVERYDAY USE
Plan the move. Validate the outcome.
- 01
Understand the work
Assess the current environment, identify owners and dependencies, and agree the business outcomes the transition must preserve.
- 02
Shape the solution
Define the target environment, migration approach, priorities, resources, validation criteria, and communication plan.
- 03
Build and validate
Prepare and pilot the approach, then migrate in agreed waves with checks for content, permissions, integrations, and usability.
- 04
Launch and evolve
Support the transition, confirm ownership and documentation, and agree when legacy components can be retired.
Engage us at the stage you need
Discovery assessment
Assess migration readiness or review a stalled project and define the next steps.
Project delivery
Prepare the target, deliver agreed migration waves, and validate the transition.
Ongoing improvement
Support the new environment and continue improvements after the move.
CUSTOMER STORY
A stalled migration completed in four months
A global pharmaceutical research organization had been trying to move its SharePoint estate for years. Cloudwell established a delivery model, standardized the approach, and worked through migration waves across more than 30 countries. Around 500 sites were migrated or archived.
Read the customer story
BUILT ON YOUR MICROSOFT INVESTMENT
Connect the move to the right capabilities
SharePoint migration guidance
Explore our assessment of common migration gaps and the decisions to make before moving.
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Learn moreWHY CLOUDWELL
Microsoft expertise.
Practical business outcomes.
Cloudwell’s leaders bring more than 40 years of experience helping organizations get more from Microsoft technology.
For modernization and migration, we connect experience with legacy SharePoint and business applications to practical Microsoft cloud delivery—from understanding dependencies to preparing owners for the new environment.
