Reference projects & customers

Consolidation of grown directory and permission structures

In this nine-month IT project, we carried out comprehensive data consolidation and permission management for 600 accounts. This included consolidating grown directory structures and 18 TB of data. By using migRaven.24/7 Analyzer and migRaven.one, we cleaned up 85% of old data that was more than two years old and removed 60% of all explicit permissions. With a newly built directory structure following best practice and improved permission management, we created a solid foundation for efficient, secure data management.

Consolidation of 24 locations into one data center

The project aimed to centralize the IT infrastructure of 1,700 users across 24 locations by consolidating the data into a shared data center. Over the 16-month project term, the data and access permissions were consolidated to create a more efficient, more secure IT environment. The main tasks included consolidating domains, cleaning up and reorganizing data structures, and introducing an automated permission management system (IAM).

SharePoint migration for approx. 70,000 employees across 80 subsidiaries

The focus was on 32,000 DFS links, 3.2 PB of data, and 28 billion documents. The challenges included a complex starting structure with permissions only at the first level, a high proportion of outdated data, and data owners who were partly no longer current. In addition, the starting structure didn't meet SharePoint migration guidelines, particularly for file types and directories with over 100,000 files.

OES migration for 2,800 users

In this 12-month project, 2,800 client computers were migrated from Open Enterprise Server (formerly Novell) to Active Directory. Numerous challenges were overcome along the way: synchronization was established between non-integrated client computers that, due to COVID-19, were only reachable via VPN; overly complex directory structures were cleaned up; and inconsistencies in account names between Novell and AD were resolved. In addition, a new directory structure and permission concept were established, servers were joined to the domain, a permission management system was introduced, and user profile directories were transferred to desktops.

Clean-up of Active Directory and file system

The project covered cleaning up and restructuring Active Directory and the file system over a term of 24 months. The main goals were reworking a complex directory structure that had grown over more than 20 years, redesigning permissions, and ensuring audit-proof data archiving. Key challenges included dealing with overly deep structures and permissions, path lengths that prevented files from opening, and a large share of outdated data.

SharePoint migration for 24,000 employees

The project involved migrating the entire directory structure of 24,000 employees, 12,000 DFS links, and 48,000 directories with explicit permissions, as well as 2.4 PB of data, to SharePoint O365. Complex challenges arose: a deeply structured starting point with permissions down to the fourth level, a high share of legacy data, and partly outdated data owner information. The solution was to identify 70% of the irrelevant directories using the migRaven.24/7 Analyzer and reassign data owners accordingly. The migration was then carried out with migRaven.one.