Your I.T. staff is welcome to be involved in the planning process, but the move normally does not require any of their resources. The transition will require an up-to-date backup copy of your MIP database as well as backups of a few of your custom files from the MIP Share folder. In most organizations, there is an MIP user that has the capability of creating and accessing the backup files.
About the Author: Adam Westgerdes, CPA
Adam Westgerdes is a Nonprofit Accounting Software Consultant at DWD Technology Group and has been working with nonprofits since 2012. He provides Sage Intacct and MIP Fund Accounting software implementation, upgrade, training and support services including custom programming (SQL), data imports & integrations and report setups.