Do you want to implement Office 365 in your business’s IT network? If so, then you need to develop an Office 365 migration plan before you can get started. Here is our Office 365 migration guide. It has all the steps and tips you need to enact a successful Office 365 implementation for your business.
Set Goals and Objectives for Your Office 365 Migration
Before you begin your Office 365 migration and implementation, you need to determine what your expectations, goals, and objectives for this process are. You should gather your business’s key stakeholders to find out what they expect from this migration and learn what their goals and objectives for it are. Once you take stock of your stakeholders’ goals, objectives, and expectations, you can begin drafting your migration plan. Office 365 migrations take time. During this part of the planning process, you’ll need to decide how to schedule your migration, manage your departments’ and teams’ transition to Office 365, and mitigate the risks involved in this migration. Once you’ve developed your migration plan, you can begin meeting all necessary Office 365 migration requirements, including selecting the type of migration you want to use to complete the process.
Office 365 Migration Types
There are several ways to migrate your email, contact data, calendar information, and other data to Office 365, and you’ll need to decide which type best fits your business needs and goals. You could migrate your data over gradually with a staged migration. In a staged migration, you migrate your network’s mailboxes to Office 365 in batches over a period of a few weeks or months. If you need a faster migration, however, you could use a cutover migration. The cutover migration process moves all your on-premises mailboxes over to Office 365 in just a few days. Microsoft recommends that you use cutover migration with 150 mailboxes, but you can use it with as many as 2,000 mailboxes. Performance can suffer, however, when you perform a cutover migration with such large numbers. Reverus can help you explore these migration types and more to figure out which one best meets your business needs.
Find the Right IT Partner for Your Migration
When you plan out your Office 365 migration, you shouldn’t do it alone. You need experienced professionals by your side to ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible. For example, our team at Reverus has performed many Office 365 migrations, and we can help you decide on the type of migration you want. We can also help develop an Office 365 implementation plan so you can migrate all your data over successfully and begin using it as quickly as possible. Your IT partner should oversee your migration exchange and your on-premises servers during the process. They should also help you schedule every step of the process and make decisions about data storage and end-user engagement. When you work with an IT partner to complete your Office 365 migration, you gain access to knowledge and experience that makes the whole process much more successful.
Once you take stock of your stakeholders’ goals, objectives, and expectations, you can begin planning out your migration plan. Yes, you do have to plan for this plan because Office 365 migrations take time. During this part of the planning process, you’ll need to decide how to schedule your migration, manage your departments’ and teams’ transition to Office 365, and mitigate the risks involved in this migration.
Begin Your Office 365 Migration With Reverus
At Reverus, we can help you with every aspect of your Office 365 migration. From planning your migration timeline to customizing your Office 365 environments to managing your email address directory synchronization, we have services you need to take advantage of the O365 cloud services and solutions. And of course, we perform the migration in ways that suit your business operations. Reach out to us today to find out how we can customize our migration services to meet your business needs and achieve your goals.
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