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Before virtual data rooms became available, M&A teams created physical spaces with filing cabinets that contained confidential documents and records. These were costly and difficult to navigate. And, God forbid that a sleep-deprived M&A analyst accidentally sets the entire decade’s worth of financial statements on fire!

When creating your data room begin by identifying the documents are crucial to the due diligence process in your deal. Then, you can prioritize which documents are essential to include or not include. Beware of putting in irrelevant information since it can distract from important questions that impact the future performance of your business.

Choose how you’d like to organize your data into folders and subfolders to create a hierarchy that is easy to understand. You could also think about indexing, which lets you tag files with keywords or metadata to find documents according to their content. Make sure all files have short and descriptive names that accurately reflect the contents. If necessary include dates and versions so that you can track revisions to the document.

You can then upload your files to the data room to allow access for anyone invited to join the project. Many providers allow you to create granular permissions for users so that they are permitted to download or view certain types of files without impacting the access to data of everyone else.

After you’ve uploaded all your files, a clever search function makes it easy to locate and browse them without leaving the data room. Some data rooms have built-in document viewers to provide a fast, easy viewing experience.