Are you still running older versions of SharePoint? Confused or hesitating to take a decision whether to move to SharePoint 2016 or not!  Here we have provided you the reasons for moving to SharePoint 2016. Enhanced Features A new HTML5 rendering engine that targets modern web “full” standards mode and modern browsers. With new, modern […]

We have discussed about the deprecated / discontinued templates in my previous blog Discontinued Site and List templates in SharePoint 2013 and above . In this article, We will show you how XPlica helps you to migrate the sites / lists that use the deprecated / discontinued templates from the legacy SharePoint servers (2003, 2007 and 2010) […]

One of our customers recently encountered an issue when upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013. I thought I will share this for the benefit of others in the SharePoint community who are planning to migrate from SharePoint 2007. Users in the customer’s organization encountered the error below when opening a custom webpart that used […]

The Enterprise Keyword function when applied, contributes to better and relevant search results. It is a robust way to expand keywords, improve your corporate taxonomy and make the Items more search friendly to the end users. If the user can apply these keywords during migration, then it makes post migration search quicker. It helps the […]

There have been a few enhancements in the latest version of XPlica for SharePoint, which is Vyapin’s SharePoint migration solution to migrate contents across SharePoint servers and versions. The Reference Columns for various SharePoint List types have been updated XPlica uses the Reference Columns (or Unique Column Values) definition to identify duplicates in the target […]

A new version of the SharePoint Information Organizer (v2.2) has been released recently with additional features. The additional capabilities that enhance the potential of this product are shown below. Copy/Merge Sites The Copy/Merge Sites feature helps the Administrators to manage the Site Collections more efficiently. The Administrators can find which Site occupies more storage space […]

Migrating from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint 2013 is a challenging task as 2003 is an antiquated system compared to the new and vastly capable SharePoint 2013. Apart from having to adapt to the huge difference in technology, a lot of effort will also be required in cleansing the redundancy in the 2003 database. Besides this, […]

Migrating content from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 can pose some challenges. Here is a list of challenges you may face when migrating from SharePoint 2007. Switching from 32 bit to 64 bit environment SharePoint 2007 was used in a 32 bit environment whereas the new SharePoint 2013 works in a 64 bit environment. Hence […]

SharePoint 2010 is upgraded to SharePoint 2013 in a long sequence of steps. Since databases are an important constituent for the successful running of SharePoint, the upgrade process is carried out using the database attach method. This involves creation of a Farm, copying content and SharePoint application databases, followed by attaching and upgrading the databases. […]

Here are some useful tips to help you carry out a successful SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 upgrade. Plan and prepare your SharePoint 2013 destination Before you actually begin upgrading your Site Collections and databases to SharePoint 2013, you need to plan how you will setup the SharePoint 2013 Farm, create and connect the database […]

SharePoint 2013 has several new and improved features that enrich user experience, improve content management and reinforce content security. These features and how they benefit SharePoint 2013 users are listed below. Content authoring: Content authors can now copy content from Word documents and paste them directly in various content editors in SharePoint 2013. The pasted […]

How to use this new content migration feature? Prerequisites The Quick Migrator Agent should run in the SharePoint servers (Source & Target) during the entire duration of the migration task run. A common temporary storage location is required for XPlica application to share this workspace with the source and target server Quick Migrator Agents. Quick […]

The Column mapping template This feature enables to create column mapping templates in DocKIT to map folder / file metadata values to the SharePoint built-in or custom columns. You can store / assign a source metadata value in number of columns in SharePoint. Figure #1: Column mapping template Figure #2: Sample custom template Figure #3: Using […]

Our flagship SharePoint migration solution, DocKIT is out with a beta version for SharePoint 2010. DocKIT for SharePoint 2010 fully supports SharePoint 2010 environment with the following additional new features: 1.Support to Business Continuity Services: Business Continuity Services (BCS) is an extension to the Business Data Catalog provision of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to […]