ECM Migration Services

Move business-critical content from legacy systems to modern platforms with confidence. DAS helps organizations migrate documents, metadata, annotations, version history, and permissions while maintaining data integrity and supporting business continuity.

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Migration Challenges

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Business Benefits

A Successful Migration Preserves More Than Documents

Content can lose its value when the information surrounding it doesn't make the transition. DAS addresses the technical challenges that make enterprise migrations complex.

Content & Metadata

Migrate documents and map metadata, properties, and classifications to the target system

Annotations & Legacy Formats

Preserve or convert supported image formats, annotations, and associated content

Version History

Retain historical information and original dates where supported by the source and target systems

Security & Permissions

Map role-based access controls and validate permissions

Data Integrity & Reconciliation

Identify exceptions, investigate migration issues, and validate source and destination results

Our Approach

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Business Benefits

How a Migration Works

Our Approach:

Discovery

Assess repositories, data quality, and compliance requirements

Planning

Define taxonomy, metadata, and governance framework

Pilot

Validate mappings, permissions, and workflows

Full Deployment

Execute structured, secure migration

Validation and Reporting

Validate accuracy, refine processes, and support adoption

Use Cases

Why Organizations Call Us

Designed for organizations navigating platform upgrades, mergers, compliance mandates, or cloud transitions.

Legacy ECM Replacement

Migrating to a modern Content Services Platform

Cloud Transformation

Moving on-prem repositories to secure cloud environments

Merger or Acquisition

Consolidating multiple content systems

Compliance Remediation

Restructuring content for regulatory alignment

Platform Consolidation

Eliminating redundant repositories

Business Benefits

Migrate Once, Arrive Ready for AI

Consolidating content is the foundation for AI modernization.

Reduced Compliance Risk

Proper retention and access controls maintained

Improved Searchability

Enhanced metadata structure

Increased Efficiency

Optimized workflows and automation

Stronger Security

Cleaned and controlled repository structure

Future-Ready Infrastructure

Scalable content platform architecture

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Why DAS

Enterprise Content Expertise

DAS combines deep ECM experience with specialized migration capabilities to help organizations navigate complex content transitions

ECM Expertise

Experience with with the "plumbing" of ECM systems and how content was set up.

Purpose-Built Migration Tooling

DASmigrate supports complex content migration scenarios

Attention to Data Integrity

A structured approach to mapping, validation, exception handling, and reconciliation

End-to-end services

Support spanning migration planning, execution, modernization, and post-migration needs

FAQs

ECM System Migration FAQs

Common questions about ECM and content platform migration projects.

Will we have downtime?

In most cases, very little. We migrate in phases while your current system stays in use, then schedule a short cutover at the end. We plan the timing around your operations.

How do you make sure nothing is lost?

We validate the pilot with your team before the full migration, then verify the migrated content against the source system, including document counts and metadata.

How is a migration priced?

Every migration starts with a discovery review of your system, content volume, and requirements. From there, we send you a detailed estimate covering the scope, approach, and expected effort

Do we have to migrate everything?

No. Many organizations use a migration to leave behind content they no longer need. We can help identify what to keep, archive, or dispose of according to your retention policies.

How long does a migration project take?

Timelines depends on source and target systems, repository size, complexity, compliance requirements, and integration scope.