Pre-Migration check List

Pre-Migration check List:

If you prepare well before Migration with all details and proper Plan, The Entire Migration will be smooth.

Some basic and very important checks need to be performed as pre-migration checklists include the farm topology detail, size of content databases and custom solutions. Some important reports need to be generated as part of pre-migration, Below is the list which must check in Pre-Migration checklist which will be helpful for SharePoint migration:

1. Farm Topology Information Report
2. Content Database Detail Report
3. Web Applications Report
4. Site Collection Report
5. Sites with basic details (including size of sub sites, this will be helpful for breaking content migration into separate threads for large sites
6. Custom Solution Report
7. Custom Features Report
8. Custom Event Receiver Information Report
9. Lists with workflows
10. Checked Out Files Report
11. Documents larger than 50 MB
12. List Views Approaching Recommended Thresholds Report
13. Lists without a major version limit
14. Lookup Column Information Report
15. Custom Master Pages and Page Layouts Report
16. Custom Web Part Pages Report
17. Deprecated Site Template Report
18. Orphaned Users (disabled in Active Directory)
19. Documents/list items with custom permissions
20. Sites unchanged in the last 6 months

These reports can be generated through PowerShell scripts and also through 3rd party tools which provide a variety of reports.

I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.