data migration

You might have vital data stored in old legacy systems which may no longer be supported or may have major security flaws.

The business case for migrating data is therefore powerful. Not only can it help reduce cost and risk, but also introduce more efficient processes through the use of newer technologies.

We’re able to support you throughout this process, helping you transition data seamlessly and effectively with minimum effort on your part – and maximum business gain.

Wizard IT has been helping customers make the transition to their storage destination of choice for the past 25 years.

If you’re needing assistance with Email Migrations, we can help with that too.

Wizard IT will manage all aspects of the project – including 3^rd party liaison. We oversee the seamless migration of master and transactional data onto the new platform, including sanitising, loading and validating existing data.

The solution is subjected to a thorough integration test to ensure the solution handles new and existing data efficiently and operates as expected with all third-party touchpoints.

SharePoint is a collaborative online system that is part of Office 365. It uses workflow applications, list databases and security features to enable better file management in a business environment.

Moving file server contents to SharePoint Online can not only help you reduce your costs but also be a big productivity boost for your users. Many companies that need to manage a large number of files have recently made the leap to this system because of its advantages in comparison to standard file servers.

SharePoint offers full control over user permissions and can accommodate a lot more data than legacy file servers.

Our developers are experts at such migrations involving upgrading legacy file servers and can provide tailor-made SharePoint migration services for your business.

You have migrated your data to SharePoint and One Drive, but you’re still left with file servers and file data on-premises. If cloud is your goal, replacing your file server with Azure Files means that you can now do away with the server entirely, and use the cloud to fully replicate your file servers’ functionality.

You get all the same capabilities as you do with an on-premises file server, but the benefits of a Platform-as-a-Service solution that doesn’t require servers.

When migrating over to Azure Files, Active Directory Authentication for Azure Files means that any permissions that you had set up on your on-premises server, can be mirrored onto Azure Files so that you still have control over each user’s permission.

Because access to the file server with Azure Files is cloud-based, users can access the file shares away from the corporate network, allowing them to continue working from home or working remotely.

If you’re interested in moving your file server to the cloud using Azure Files, get in touch with our experts at Wizard IT, and we can help you find the best solution for your file storage needs.

Migrating your data takes serious thought and consideration, before making the move we follow a certain process to ensure we find the perfect solutions for you.

Discovery

We can identify all risks and relevant data sources and convert the necessary data, to make it readily accessible in your new system. We also evaluate existing databases and understand how we can convert such data to make it compatible with this new system.

Extract & Transform Data

In this phase, we extract data from the existing database which can also include building custom code to extract the data along with any transformation or cleansing that needs to be applied to the data before it can be transferred to the new Database.

The Migration

Finally, we import the cleansed data to the new system, either in one go or phased or in parallel. Quite often it makes sense to move all the more static data first and time the more active transnational data to avoid downtime.