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Livelink Content Server to SharePoint Migration Tool

Migration Tool Overview

A powerful set of tools to migrate content from Livelink Content Server to SharePoint in a manageable and cost effective manner. The Livelink Content Server to SharePoint Migration Tool allows you to easily plan, organize and migrate your content to SharePoint and/or Microsoft 365 hassle free.

Benefits

  • Easily migrate content from Livelink Content Server to SharePoint with the click of a button.

  •  Easy to use Analysis Wizard interface for migration planning. (Identify any migration issues up front)

  •  Support document versions and mapping of system attributes.

  •  Option to migrate content to SharePoint Online.

  •  Easily Restructure your content and move folders, shorten paths and exclude data from your migration plan.

  •  Option to map Livelink Content Server permissions and group mappings to SharePoint.

  •  Option to map Livelink Content Server metadata (Category/Attribute) to SharePoint Content Types or Columns.

  •  Preserve your legacy document links from emails, documents, shortcuts, and 3rd party application links.

  •  Migrate your records management classifications and other RM metadata with your documents.

  •  Migrate content from Livelink Content Server Wiki’s and Blogs to SharePoint.

  •  Maintain your Created By and Created Dates from Livelink Content Server on your documents in SharePoint.

  •  Preserve your Last Modified By and Modify Dates from Livelink Content Server on your documents in SharePoint.

  •  Apply new and additional metadata during migration.

  •  Automatically create a SharePoint Document Library to migrate content into.

  •  Migrate Content Server Attribute Sets to SharePoint Content Types.

  •  Migrate Documents from Personal Workspaces into SharePoint.

  •  Automatically corrects documents with missing extensions.

  •  Create Migration Profiles to plan out how your migration will work.

  •  Configure invalid mime types to a mime type that works in SharePoint.

  •  Supports Advanced (Major/Minor) Versioning.

  •  Option to specify a limit on the size of documents to be migrated to SharePoint.

  •  Option to only migrate documents last modified after a specified date. (Only migrate current content)

  •  Migrate directly to SharePoint. No requirement to download documents from Content Server first and then upload to SharePoint.

  •  No requirement to install software directly on your Livelink Content Server or SharePoint environments.

  •  Audit logging of all migration operations.

  •  Leverage Gimmal Services’ SharePoint Records Management expertise.

Additional Features

The Livelink Content Server to SharePoint Migration Tool allows you to migrate the following types of items from OpenText LiveLink Content Server:

  • Document

  •  Folder

  •  Email

  •  Email Folder

  •  Compound Document

  •  Compound Email

  •  Email Volume

  •  Enterprise Workspace

  •  URL

  •  Alias

  •  Community

  •  Discussion

  •  Task

  •  Task List

  •  Task Group

  •  Task List Volume

  •  Blog

  •  Blog Entry

  •  Project Workspace

  •  Personal Workspace

  •  Wiki

  •  CAD Documents

  •  Revisions

  •  Workflow Volume

  •  Workflow Attachments Volume

The Livelink Content Server to SharePoint Migration Tool also supports the migration of following types of metadata:

  • Created By

  •  Created Date

  •  Modified By

  •  Modified Date

  •  Content Server Path

  •  Owned By

  •  Description

  •  Object Id

  •  Category Attribute Values

  •  Attribute Sets

  •  Records Management Details

  •  Hold Information

  •  Parent Container Name

Use the Analysis Wizard to identify the following potential issues before migration:

  • Long paths

  •  Unsupported mime types

  •  Metadata issues

  •  Reserved documents

  •  Missing metadata

  •  Missing object types

  •  Conflicts between SharePoint library and Content Server versioning settings

The Restructuring Wizard allows you to easily drag and drop folders into a taxonomy that fits your organizational needs. Visually reorganize your content pre-migration in an easy to use interface. Use the Restructuring Wizard to:

  • Fix Long paths

  •  Rename long folder names

  •  Move folders into different locations

  •  Exclude content from your migration plan.

  •  Auto Rename and Restructure your content with a click of a button. (Automatically fixes long path issues that exceed SharePoint limits)

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