How to integrate OpenText Extended ECM with an existing SAP environment
Extended ECM meets an existing SAP system through four decisions: objects, declarations, the doors users open, and prebuilt scenarios. Take them in that order.
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Default library labels in SharePoint now reach the files already there
Default sensitivity labels on SharePoint libraries used to skip older files. A Purview policy now labels them, ten sites at a time. Pick the order with care.
Purview priority cleanup: who approves a deletion that overrides a hold
Purview priority cleanup deletes content a retention policy or eDiscovery hold would keep. Name the approvers and get records sign-off before the first run.
What AppEnhancer is not: plain-language boundaries for ApplicationXtender owners
A plain guide to what OpenText AppEnhancer is, where it sits in the portfolio, and the products it gets confused with, so the next AX upgrade starts right.
SharePoint version history limits: decide the restore window before the trim
SharePoint keeps 500 versions per file by default. Changing that, or trimming old versions, is a records decision, and trimmed versions skip the recycle bin.
Copilot prompts are about to leave your Teams retention policy
Teams retention policies that also covered Copilot prompts are becoming Teams-only. Decide if Copilot interactions are records, then build a policy for them.
When someone leaves, their mailbox, OneDrive and flows run on different clocks
Deleting a leaver's account starts the clocks on their mailbox, OneDrive and flows. Confirm retention and hand over the flows before anyone deletes anything.
Extended ECM for SAP: what OpenText's recent support alerts ask you to check
OpenText's recent Extended ECM alerts cover CVE-2025-8716, a purge data-loss risk and a delivery change. Each fix depends on version, so keep one register.
OpenText Extended ECM for engineering: who owns the asset tag before AI reads it
A drawing tag that doesn't match the equipment number in SAP PM misleads people today and AI tomorrow. Name who owns that match, and who owns the delete step.
Every guest in Microsoft 365 needs a sponsor and an end date
Guest accounts outlive the projects that created them. Give every Microsoft 365 guest a named sponsor and a clock that ends access unless someone renews it.
Who may build a flow that touches a business record?
Any licensed user can build in the Power Platform default environment. Decide where flows touching business records live, and who owns them, before they spread.
Microsoft 365 Archive is a records decision with a storage meter attached
Microsoft 365 Archive moves SharePoint content to a cold tier in the tenant. Price is the easy part; who decides what goes cold, and who wakes it, is harder.
Site sprawl needs an owner before it needs a policy
Group expiration, ownerless group policy and inactive site policies all assume someone answers the email. Name that owner before you switch any of them on.
Purview labels as records discipline on the tenant you already license
Purview works when the policy comes first: a short file plan, a named records owner, and the labeling G5 already includes. Copilot readiness follows from it.
OpenText xECM for SAP: name who owns the business workspace
After OpenText xECM for SAP go-live, name who owns each business workspace: who may create, classify, and retain documents before process content drifts.
SharePoint search after the move: tuning, ownership, and when to build
SharePoint search drifts after launch. Name a search owner, read failed queries, fix with bookmarks and acronyms first, and build custom web parts sparingly.
Rebuild, don't lift: moving an old intranet to a SharePoint Online hub
Moving an old intranet to SharePoint Online? Rebuild, don't copy: inventory content, leave the rest behind, name site owners, and cut over without dead links.
Access model first: intranet success is who can see what
Intranet success starts with who can see what: Entra groups, RBAC, and permission-respecting SharePoint—not greyed-out links that still leak titles today.
OpenText VIM document archiving: keep the write job honest
OpenText VIM document archiving is operating work. When write jobs drag, AP and Basis feel it - keep the write job honest and prove retrieval still works.
ArchiveLink on RISE with SAP: keep the link, redesign the path
ArchiveLink still works on RISE with SAP. The real work is the network path, who owns the repository, and retrieval tests that AP can actually trust now.