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Migrating from Hyland OnBase to SharePoint Online is rarely just a document move. In many organizations, OnBase has supported real business work for years. Finance teams use it for invoices. Human Resources uses it for employee records. Planning, permitting, legal, or operations teams rely on it for case files, approvals, and scanned documents.

Large-scale content migrations are more than moving files—they’re complex projects requiring careful planning, the right tools, and lessons from experience. Here are five key takeaways:

Think of your cloud migration like moving into a new house: Before you start putting your belongings into boxes, it’s a good idea to sort through the drawers, clear out the junk, and decide what’s worth keeping. You might even stumble across a few things you didn’t know you still had.

For almost thirty years, IBM Content Manager OnDemand has served as a foundation for high volume document archiving across major industries, especially insurance, financial services, and utilities. Many insurers still call it simply “OnDemand,” a reflection of its long history and importance as one of the earliest large scale archival systems.