If you need to integrate SharePoint and Microsoft 365 with legacy IBM systems, i3solutions is who you hire. We provide SharePoint to IBM Integration services that let your IBM portals share information stored in Microsoft Office 365 SharePoint and SharePoint Online, backed by a business partnership with Microsoft, direct experience with IBM systems such as DB2, IBM MQ, FileNet and Domino, and architects like Scott Singleton, who has spent more than 30 years designing, developing, migrating, and implementing enterprise technology solutions. That bench covers SharePoint portal development, customization, and migration, and our portal migration work preserves your IBM metadata through the move to SharePoint Online.

Our experience with Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft 365 and IBM will help you rest easy – whether you have a static Intranet site or are looking to convert Domino applications, we can help you migrate safely from your IBM environment to Microsoft SharePoint Online.

First, we work with you to review your existing IBM site and supporting architecture and map those into the Microsoft SharePoint Online environment. We then apply our expertise to help you identify and prioritize your business requirements. As we help you to understand the new capabilities of online SharePoint, we will work with you to develop a road map that is appropriate for your organization. We take great care, time and effort to make sure your IBM metadata is preserved as we perform the migration to the Microsoft SharePoint Online environment.

It is common for teams to experience the stress and uncertainly that is so often associated with large migrations. Our aim is to ease this anxiety. With over 25 years of migration experience, we know we can help you be successful as you migrate your IBM Files and Folders, Blogs, Wikis, Activities, Bookmarks and Forums to SharePoint.

How does i3Solutions connect SharePoint to IBM systems without rebuilding either platform?

i3Solutions connects SharePoint to IBM systems through a brokered integration layer that exchanges data on a schedule or on demand, so neither the SharePoint front end nor the IBM system of record has to be rebuilt. For most regulated enterprises the IBM side is a mainframe or DB2 database, an IBM MQ message queue, or an IBM FileNet content repository, and the SharePoint side is where people actually do the work. The integration sits between them.

The pattern matters because a direct point-to-point connection ties the two systems together so tightly that a change on either side breaks the other. A brokered layer decouples them. SharePoint reads and writes through a defined contract, IBM keeps its role as the authoritative record, and either platform can be patched or upgraded on its own schedule.

Three decisions govern whether this holds up under audit. First, identity: SharePoint users authenticate through Microsoft Entra ID, and the integration maps those identities to the access rights IBM expects, so every read and write is attributable to a named person. Second, the data contract: a fixed schema defines which fields move, in which direction, and how conflicts resolve, which keeps both systems consistent. Third, the audit trail: every transaction is logged on both sides, which is what an examiner asks for first.

i3Solutions has built this class of integration for federal and regulated clients, including custom integrations between SharePoint and the customized InfoPath and line-of-business systems an agency already runs. The work is delivered by U.S.-based senior engineers, and the result is a SharePoint experience that reads and writes live IBM data while the IBM system stays the source of truth.

About the Author

By Scott Singleton, Managing Consultant, i3solutions

Scott Singleton has spent more than 19 years at i3solutions and more than 30 years designing, developing, migrating, and implementing enterprise technology solutions. His expertise is grounded in SharePoint architecture, large-scale migration, custom application development, workflow modernization, technical training, and hands-on delivery across Microsoft platforms, including SharePoint, SPFx, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and enterprise database systems.