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SharePoint for Engineering: Why You Don't Need Another DMS

Engineering consultancies have terabytes of files in Microsoft 365. Why data migrations fail and how modern AI works directly on your archive.

Terence La
Terence LaVerifiziert
Head of AI @ Flughafen Zürich · Gründer Leistera
2026-08-16·100% nDSG
KEY TAKEAWAY AT A GLANCE

Introducing a new DMS fails in 9 out of 10 engineering firms. Zero-migration over Graph API preserves existing folders and eliminates months of rollout friction.

Table of contents:
  • §1Zero Migration: Keep Your Existing File System
  • §2Leistera as a Sovereign Inference Layer

Almost every Swiss engineering firm stores CAD drawings, specifications, and past proposals on Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive. When vendors propose 'migrating into a new AI document management system', leadership and IT rightly push back.

Zero Migration: Keep Your Existing File System

The best archive is the one your team already uses daily. What engineering practices need is not another file silo, but an intelligent, read-only citation layer over existing storage.

  • Zero manual folder restructuring or tedious tagging projects required.
  • Existing Microsoft Entra ID access permissions remain completely intact.
  • Strictly read-only access: the AI inspects documents but never alters original files.
  • 100% Swiss hosting residency (Infomaniak / Azure Switzerland North) under nDSG.

Leistera as a Sovereign Inference Layer

Leistera connects via official encrypted Microsoft Graph APIs to your Swiss SharePoint tenant. Your data stays in Switzerland while your bidding team taps into the firm's collective expertise from day one.

HANDS-ON TRIAL

Test Leistera on an active RFP from your firm

Bring an active solicitation. In 30 minutes, we demonstrate how Leistera extracts requirements, resolves governing codes, and drafts grounded proposal sections.

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