Case Study: G4S Integrated Services achieves 85% time savings on SharePoint migrations with AvePoint DocAve

G4S Integrated Services Uses DocAve® To Save 85% Of Time Taken To Move Microsoft® SharePoint® Data Across Servers

G4S Integrated Services UK, part of G4S plc., is a facilities-management provider whose ~1,200 employees rely on Microsoft SharePoint to store roughly 90 GB of policies and documents across HR, communications, health & safety and other departments. Needing to move content while preserving permissions, metadata and version history—and to schedule moves outside business hours with reliable reporting—G4S found its previous third‑party tool too slow, opaque and labor‑intensive.

AvePoint’s DocAve suite (Content Manager, Report Center and Auditor) delivered scheduled, out‑of‑hours migrations that retained full data fidelity and provided job reports and a single dashboard for platform health and usage. The team moved 90 GB in eight weeks—saving 85% of the planned time (about 44 weeks)—instantly migrated a 3,000‑document library (saving ~96 staff hours), eliminated system impact during business hours, and gained comprehensive monitoring and reporting.

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Dave Barnes

Intranet Content Manager, G4S Integrated Services