Public sector — North AmericaIA Data & Automatisation

A public organization migrated its Novell document heritage to SharePoint 365 in 9 months instead of 12.

Complete migration from a legacy Novell environment to Microsoft SharePoint 365 for a North American public organization. 150 administrative units, 7,000 users, 4,620 person-days delivered in co-delivery with a tier-1 prime contractor, staffing of a nearshore team in one month.

Delivery model

Nearshore staff augmentation (AT)

Via Access International

Typical duration

9 months (early delivery on a 12-month plan)

Team

22 people — architects, .NET developers, DevOps, data engineers (10 prime contractor + 12 Access, including 8 hired in Tunisia in 1 month)

01Context

Legacy Novell environment at end of support, critical document heritage
150 administrative units and 7,000 users to migrate without service disruption
Initial commitment of 4,620 person-days over 12 months
Pressure on ramp-up cadence — staffing of a complete team in less than a month

02Intervention

Mapping of the Novell heritage and SharePoint 365 migration rules
Staffing of a nearshore cell of 12 engineers in less than a month (including 8 hired in Tunisia)
Progressive migration per administrative unit with non-regression tests
Industrialization of migration pipelines (.NET scripts, Azure)
Agile/DevOps governance with weekly rituals prime contractor + Access
Structured reporting per migration wave