Steps
- 1
Confirm business name, main practice area, monthly matter volume and admin contact details.
- 2
Review the storage-first boundary so documents remain in SharePoint, OneDrive or DMS unless separately approved.
- 3
Choose the first source-folder convention that matter teams can recognise.
- 4
Check the admin readiness screen for users, storage, billing, audit and policy status.
- 5
Invite a small role mix first: partner, fee earner, paralegal or operator, operations lead and IT/admin.
Checks
Business details are complete.
Storage is set to firm-owned references.
At least one admin remains active.