Organisations are racing to migrate to AI. However, they must prepare well in advance and sidestep misconceptions. That’s according to Microsoft 365 (M365) migrate specialist ShareGate, comparing notes and case studies with Workleap, Microsoft and consultancy Insight in a recent webinar.
Accordingly, all the partners agree that:
• AI isn’t plug-and-play, it needs oversight both before and after deployment, and the right approach to drive quality results.
• Success with AI means paying close attention to data curation, consolidation and configuration beforehand.
• Organisations should start with understanding what they want to achieve and which tools will help. Culture alignment, education and training will also be important.
• Only then can an organisation expect to achieve true optimisation at scale.
(You can register to view the webinar recording here)
AI READY – OR NOT? SHAREGATE CAN HELP
Essentially, one major mistake the partners have seen is organisations implementing AI incorrectly or prematurely. In one example cited in the ShareGate webinar mentioned above, a misprogrammed AI tool categorised everyone in a sample not wearing a tie as a criminal. Garbage in all too often means garbage out, as we’ve heard many times before.
Indeed, any software migration is ultimately about more than mere ‘lift and shift’. Solid preparation, context, and oversight remain as crucial for success with AI as with other software based solutions.
Regardless, tools like ShareGate can assist. For this purpose, the vendor offers a Copilot readiness assessment tool. In fact, you can certainly say that ShareGate Migrate eases pathways to best practice on data integrity.
As a result, from planning assessments to access management and M365 end-user training, organisations can modernise with more confidence even as they transform and re-configure their IT environment. Lastly, out-of-the-box usability makes it easier to keep data transfers and migration timelines on track too, accelerating moves from on-prem to the cloud or from tenant to tenant.
SHAREGATE FOR MIGRATING M365 ENVIRONMENTS
ShareGate is an M365 and SharePoint migration and management tool. It enables protection of enterprise content while enforcing SharePoint and M365 governance and compliance policies. Governance works out of the box, and users also gain visibility of usage and risk. Additionally, it’s designed to guide users toward best practice throughout.
With Microsoft in January 2025 archiving and charging for unlicensed OneDrive accounts older than 93 days, it’s a great moment to migrate with ShareGate.
• There’s no cap on the data or support or number of end users.
• ShareGate can migrate all workloads, including mailboxes.
• Organisations can transfer data faster and comprehensively.
• ShareGate offers actionable discovery tools and M365 training.
• Migrate M365 including Teams, Planner and Exchange Online, file shares, Google Drive, older SharePoint instances, and more.
• Migrate large and complex environments in a fraction of the time, reducing user impacts.
• Understand and control environments with permissions management, reporting, monitoring and automated security alerts.
Discover more about how ShareGate tools can accelerate migrations and reduce data-related risks.
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