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

By : David Greve, Ian Waters
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Microsoft Office 365 - Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By: David Greve, Ian Waters

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 (20 chapters)
Microsoft Office 365 – Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure – Exchange Hybrid

Planning for migration


Several key factors must be addressed when planning the migration to Exchange Online to ensure it is done successfully. These are both technical factors and human factors.

Technical considerations

There are numerous technical considerations that must be taken into account when planning for a migration. Some of the more common questions are as follows:

  • Which of the previous example scenarios mirrors yours?

  • Have users been informed of the change?

  • How much data can you send through your Internet link to Exchange Online (meaning how many gigabytes of mail can be uploaded)?

  • Does your monthly Internet download allowance cater for the mailboxes being downloaded back into the Outlook OST file for each user?

  • Do you plan to start users on Exchange Online with their full mailbox or just a portion of recent content?

  • Do you have access to all desktops so you can configure the new account in Outlook?

  • How many computers will you have to re-configure, and do you have the resources to do them...