After 18 months and 11 migration waves, ITD are pleased to announce the successful completion of the SharePoint 365 Migration project. Delivered in partnership with Digital Transformation Programme specialists Central Solutions, the ITD department has engaged 35 Faculties and Departments, 5 schools, 8 affiliates and 31 admin departments since January 2020 to migrate almost 1TB in data and over 120 departmental sites from on-premise to a cloud-based solution.
In the past 18 months, engagement with SharePoint has skyrocketed and the move to remote working has driven user adoption across the UL campus. 750 SharePoint sites have been created to date and SharePoint data has tripled to 3TB as the university begins to harness the full collaborative capabilities of the platform.
A key project of UL Enable Stage 1, SharePoint 365 is now delivering a powerful document management and collaboration system for staff across the University. As part of the broader Office365 suite, this solution offers the potential to provide even greater value as a high impact business application platform, supporting the University’s accelerated digital evolution.
SharePoint Online is a document storage and management system, utilised for collaboration & communication and a range of other purposes. A cloud-based service, hosted by Microsoft, for businesses of all sizes and is used by organisations all over the world.
What benefits has the project and SharePoint platform provided to University of Limerick?
- Intelligent and enhanced security
- Built for teamwork and enhanced collaboration
- Improved Information and SharePoint Governance
- Mobilising the office to maximise potential of cloud
- Integrated platform for simplicity of business processes
- Better Document Management and Content Search Capabilities