Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? SQL Server. Sign in. United States English. Home R2 Library Forums. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Migrating your email to Microsoft is the best and simplest option to help you retire your Exchange deployment.
With a migration to Microsoft , you can make a single hop from old technology to current features, including:. Microsoft also gets new features and experiences first, so your organization can start using them right away. Also, you won't have to worry about:. Depending on your organization, you have a few options to get to Microsoft First, you need to consider a few things, such as:.
This table shows your migration options and the most important factors that determine which method to use. The following sections give you an overview of these methods. For more information, see Decide on a migration path. In a cutover migration, you migrate all your mailboxes, distribution groups, contacts, and so on, to Office at a set date and time.
When you're done, you shut down your on-premises Exchange servers and start using Microsoft exclusively. Cutover migration is great for small organizations that don't have many mailboxes, want to get to Microsoft quickly, and don't want to deal with the complexity of the other methods. But it should be completed in a week or less.
And it requires users to reconfigure their Outlook profiles. Cutover migration can migrate up to 2, mailboxes, but we recommend you use it for a maximum of If you try to migrate more, you could run out of time to transfer all the mailboxes before your deadline, and your IT support staff may get overwhelmed with requests to help users reconfigure Outlook.
In a minimal hybrid, or express, migration you move a few hundred mailboxes to Microsoft within a few weeks. Minimal hybrid migration is great for organizations that need to take more time to migrate their mailboxes to Microsoft , but still plan to complete the migration within a few weeks. You get some of the benefits of the more advanced full-hybrid migration without much of the complexity. You can control how many and which mailboxes to migrate at a given time. Microsoft mailboxes will be created with the user names and passwords of the on-premises accounts.
And, unlike cutover migrations, your users don't have to recreate their Outlook profiles. In a full hybrid migration, you have many hundreds, up to tens of thousands, of mailboxes, and you move some or all to Microsoft Because these migrations are typically longer-term, hybrid migrations make it possible to:.
Full hybrid migrations are best for organizations that expect to stay in a hybrid configuration for many months or more. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon.
Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in Microsoft Exchange. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Jay This person is a verified professional. Means the same thing as all other MS products not supported, no more patches, no more calling in support unless you want to pay a really high premium cost and even then it's best effort How will it impact businesses?
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