A shared place to work
Give authorised teams browser-based access to the documents and context they need, with permissions and records controls configured for their roles.
Laserfiche Cloud
Your documents. Connected workflows. A shared cloud workspace.
Put information within reach of the people who need it, without maintaining your own Laserfiche servers. Ascentas helps you shape the records, access, automation and integrations that make the platform useful.
Cloud in practice
From an incoming document to an informed decision.
An expense request is one useful example. Collect the information, define who checks it and route the approval. People see a clear next action—not just another email asking for a decision.
Expense reimbursement workflow in Laserfiche Forms, published on Laserfiche's Cloud demonstration page. Interface and availability vary by release and deployment. © Laserfiche.
Less chasing. Clearer ownership.
Use forms and low-code workflows to route reviews, notify the next person and track outstanding work, including the exceptions that need a decision.
AI with a practical purpose
Smart Fields can assist with data extraction; Smart Chat helps people ask questions of repository content. Select the tools and human-review controls around the actual task.
Explore Laserfiche's automation capabilities,Smart Fields andsubscription guidance from Ascentas. Features and AI usage allowances vary by subscription; availability and suitability are confirmed during discovery.Understand subscription tiers and licensing →
Managed platform. Clear responsibilities.
Cloud changes who runs the platform—not who owns the information.
Laserfiche Cloud is a vendor-managed SaaS service, not simply a self-hosted installation moved to another server. It reduces platform-maintenance work, while your information policies and operational decisions remain yours.
Laserfiche manages the platform
Cloud infrastructure, service maintenance and platform updates within the subscribed service. Confirm service terms, resilience arrangements and the available data region.
Ascentas shapes the solution
Repository structure, workflow design, integration planning, migration and testing—within an agreed scope, with documentation and handover for the people using it.
Your organisation retains control
People and roles, access approvals, records policies and process ownership. Agree administration, support and change responsibilities before going live.
Security requires configuration and operating discipline, not just a hosting choice. Review Laserfiche's security information, data residency, AI data processing and any local integration components.Compare Cloud with self-hosted Laserfiche →
Readiness questions
Understand the current environment and the intended operating model.
Current product specifications and licensing must be verified during discovery. These are durable planning themes, not promises about features.
What should move?
Identify records, metadata, relationships, volume, quality and what should be excluded.
Who needs to do what?
Map user groups, permissions, identity dependencies and administrative roles.
Which workflows matter?
Understand active rules, integrations, schedules, exceptions and business owners.
What surrounds the platform?
Verify connected systems, interface options, data ownership and change impacts.
How will success be tested?
Define reconciliation, security, performance and realistic user acceptance scenarios.
Who owns the change?
Plan communication, training, support, administration and future improvement.
A migration route
Discover before designing. Validate before switching.
The sequence and technical activities depend on the source environment and approved target. A staged approach keeps key decisions visible.
- Discover
Map information, processes, users, integrations and constraints.
- Assess
Identify gaps, dependencies, risks and decisions requiring evidence.
- Design
Define the target structure, controls and migration approach.
- Prepare
Configure, clean, map and ready agreed content and workflows.
- Validate
Test migration, reconciliation, integrations and user scenarios.
- Transition
Move through an approved cutover, handover and adoption plan.
Halliwell Homes
A practical journey from physical records to digital access.
The Halliwell Homes case study describes physical care records being scanned into a Laserfiche-supported digital repository, connecting archive digitisation with a managed destination.
Read the Halliwell Homes case study →- Physical care recordsThe information starting point
- Document scanningA bridge from paper to digital
- A Laserfiche repositoryA destination for digital access
Related expertise
Treat cloud as part of the information landscape.
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