The AvePoint Solution
After evaluating several solutions, PHOENIX group IT
ultimately implemented DocAve Software, AvePoint’s fully-integrated
platform for SharePoint migration, management, and protection.
“AvePoint’s solution was the best offering in terms of performance and
support,” the administrator said. “DocAve has helped us go beyond
PowerShell workarounds and SharePoint’s native capabilities for
reporting, backup, and restructuring – which has saved us a lot of
time.”
Before being able to take full advantage of
SharePoint 2013, IT used DocAve Content Manager to look at its source
and destination environments side by side and quickly identify legacy
elements for propagation. “We didn’t necessarily want to move all of our
legacy data to our new deployment,” the administrator said. “With
DocAve, we are able to decide what content to copy or move as we go
along. It is now much more convenient to granularly select items to copy
or move between farms.”
With DocAve Content Manager, PHOENIX group’s IT team
can also easily copy user permissions over to its new environment along
with content. This ensures consistency across farms, and is crucial in
maintaining a secure environment.
In terms of SharePoint reporting, IT wanted to be
able to answer questions such as, “How many site collections are in the
environment?” and “What permissions were modified last month?” With
DocAve Report Center, PHOENIX group IT gains the ability to easily
generate and export reports that give both IT and the business insight
into how SharePoint is used.
DocAve also provides PHOENIX group IT’s team with an
easy-to-use backup and recovery solution. With the ability to schedule
automatic full and incremental backups, administrators spend
significantly less time on manual processes. “SharePoint backup
management is very easy with DocAve,” the administrator said. “I can
also restore documents much faster than before. Now, it takes minutes. I
am very happy with DocAve as it saves me a lot of time and allows me to
work on other IT services.”