Case Study: Central Michigan University achieves hassle-free, full-fidelity SharePoint migration with AvePoint DocAve SharePoint Migrator

Center For Charter Schools At Central Michigan University Uses DocAve To Migrate Mission‐Critical SharePoint Data

The Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University (CMU) manages AOIS, a mission-critical SharePoint-based system that oversees operations and compliance for dozens of charter schools. Facing rapid growth—about 60 schools and over 45GB of historical records by 2007—the Center needed a scalable, audit-safe migration from legacy SPS 2001 to MOSS that would preserve all metadata, permissions and minimize disruption after earlier failed attempts with native Microsoft tools.

Corporate Computer deployed AvePoint’s DocAve SharePoint Migrator, validating it with a 5,000-document test and then running a phased, scheduled production migration. The 45GB transfer completed in 55 hours over three days with no metadata loss, fewer resources and minimal user impact; AvePoint’s responsive support and a custom patch further shortened the migration timeline, enabling a smooth upgrade to MOSS.

Central Michigan University

David Schroeter

Senior Analyst, Corporate Computer Inc.