5 SharePoint Migration Mistakes That Can Derail Your Implementation

About this episode

This episode discusses the five common mistakes organizations make when migrating to SharePoint.

Migrating to SharePoint? In this episode, I cover the 5 most common mistakes organizations make, from poor information architecture to confusing SharePoint with OneDrive or Teams, disabling external sharing, and skipping user training. BLOG REFERENCES 5 Mistakes to avoid when migrating to SharePoint NEED HELP? Want to confidently navigate SharePoint and Microsoft 365? Enroll in my revamped On-Demand SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Academy FREE RESOURCES Get access to free resources, live training & On-Demand courses , and get the help you need to properly set up and implement SharePoint TIPS IN YOUR INBOX Bi-Weekly newsletter FOLLOW ME Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube

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Host: Greg Zelfond

Topics covered

• SharePoint migration
• common mistakes
• information architecture
• user training
• external sharing

Keywords

• SharePoint migration
• mistakes
• information architecture
• user training
• external sharing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Microsoft 365

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