Free tool

SharePoint Compass

Know where you are, understand your risks, choose where to go next. Answer twelve questions in about two minutes: you get a recommended destination, the reasons behind it, and a report you can print, or save as a file and pick up later. Nothing is sent anywhere: it all runs entirely in your browser.

Questions
18
Rules
37
Destinations
3

What it weighs

DimensionQuestionsRules
Lifecycle risk23
Customisation risk39
Migration complexity1323
Cloud suitability57

Four bands, from Low to Critical. Every line of the report names the rule that produced it.

01

Step

Where you are

Where is your SharePoint today?
How many farms?
How many content databases?
Total content volume?
02

Step

What lives in it

Which of these exist in your environment? (select all that apply)
How many custom solutions in total, of any kind?
How many 2010/2013 workflows are still active?
How do users authenticate?
External integrations that touch SharePoint?
03

Step

What the organisation requires

Do any of these constraints apply? (select all that apply)
Is the cloud an option for your data?
Longest acceptable downtime during a migration?
Do any lists or libraries have unique permissions?
At their worst, how many unique permission scopes does a single list or library hold?
Does every site have a named administrator who is a person and still reachable?
Are your sites connected to Microsoft 365 groups?
What external sharing do the sites allow today?
What is the default sharing link users get?