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Microsoft Office 365 ??? Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By : Waters, David Greve, Loryan Strant
Book Image

Microsoft Office 365 ??? Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By: Waters, David Greve, Loryan Strant

Overview of this book

Organizations are migrating to the cloud to save money, become more efficient, and empower their users with the latest technology. Office 365 delivers all of this in a reliable, fast, and ever-expanding way, keeping you ahead of the competition. As the IT administrator of your network, you need to make the transition as painless as possible for your users. Learn everything you need to know and exactly what to do to ensure your Office 365 Exchange online migration is a success! This guide gives you everything you need to develop a successful migration plan to move from Exchange, Google, POP3, and IMAP systems to Office 365 with ease. We start by providing an overview of the Office 365 plans available and how to make a decision on what plan fits your organization. We then dive into topics such as the Office 365 Admin Portal, integration options for professionals and small businesses, integration options for enterprises, preparing for a simple migration, performing a simple migration, and preparing for a hybrid deployment. Later in the book, we look at migration options for Skype for Business and SharePoint to further help you leverage the latest collaborative working technologies within your organization.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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9. Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure – Directory Synchronization
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10. Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure – Exchange Hybrid

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Office 365

Welcome to the world of Office 365 - a cutting edge way of increasing productivity by harnessing the power of the cloud.

By reading this chapter, you will learn what plans are available for your business, how to decide which option to take, and how to get your Office 365 subscription underway.

Throughout this chapter, we hope to provide you with guidance on how to determine your requirements. We will provide you with information on the choices and the decisions you will need to make. We will also provide you with examples of real-world customers of Office 365.

Let's begin by looking at the different options available under Office 365:

  • Office 365 plans
  • Office 365 Business - considerations and limitations
  • Office 365 Enterprise
  • When to use a plan and when to pick a la carte
  • Options to start your subscription
  • The sign up process