The process of migrating to office 365 can be a daunting task. Like \nanything, you need to ensure you have a well thought out plan. The \nimplications of a failed migration can be catastrophic. Here are a few \nthings we found contribute towards ensuring your migration is \nsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thing you need to do is make sure you archive or delete any\n obsolete mailboxes and ensure that you get an understanding of the size\n and number of mailboxes that you wish to migrate. Ensure also that you \nunderstand which versions and configurations you have in the \norganization and know the network bandwidth required for connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, you need to formulate pre-deployment decisions by finding \nanswers to mission-critical questions like \u2013 what method you will follow\n to create new accounts, authenticate users, achieve synchronization \nwith the old user accounts and how will you transition data and perform \nmigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before you move your critical business communication to the cloud, \nclean up all any dormant Active directory accounts that you have, set up\n the network, update the versions of client software and make all the \ncontent that you wish to migrate ready for transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To execute all the above pre-migration tasks, you can take help from \n3rd party tools that possess a pre-migration analyzer to give you \nprecise approximations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s time to do extensive research on which subscription plan \nsuits your business requirements. After you figure out one, cross-check \nthe domains that you need to make use of with your new subscription. In \nthis step, you can also pre-plan for configuration of applications that \nyou may require in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For your upcoming migration, it is crucial to perform testing on the \ndeployed configuration and check the whole migration process for \nloopholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, it\u2019s time to set up accounts and mailboxes on the new \nenvironment i.e. Office 365. Start adding your old users, new contacts \nand allocate suitable licenses with each of them. Also, move data \n(emails, mailboxes, calendar, files and other information) that you wish\n to migrate to your new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After you\u2019re done with complete configuration of Office 365, you need\n to validate the functionality by transferring your previous DNS setting\n and enabling them to point to Office 365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, it\u2019s time to configure client systems again as per the new \nenvironment and establish connections with Office 365 including \napplications like Outlook, Office, Outlook for MAC operating system and \nother mobile devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The process of migrating to office 365 can be a daunting task. Like anything, you need to ensure you have a well thought out plan. The implications of a failed migration can be catastrophic. Here are a few things we found contribute towards ensuring your migration is successful. 1. Assess your existing IT Environment The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office-365"],"yoast_head":"\n