A Crash Course in migrating seamlessly to Office 365
How BigGreen IT sees O365 being used today Small (-100) Fully in the cloud Discovering new products & Solutions Mid (100 500) Leveraging existing products & solutions Integrated with on-premise solutions via AADC Large (500 5000+) Frequent hybrid deployments EMS Document Security, Cloud PBX Nearly always using AADC SSO (Azure SSO, SAML, OKTA) Other cloud integrations
Office 365 is a suite of cloud-based productivity services, which can include: Office 365 ProPlus or Office 365 Business the Office desktop client you already know and use, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, with the added benefit of being licensed, deployed, and updated as a service. These applications are installed on your device, so they re available even when you are offline. And you have the option to store data in the cloud. Exchange Online for email & calendaring. SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business for collaboration, websites, workflows, and enterprise file sync and share. Skype for Business for voice, IM, meetings, and presence. Yammer for social collaboration.
Migration Steps Pre-Deployment Assessment Plan Prepare Deployment Migration Post-Migration
Migration Steps 75% 25% Pre-Deployment Assessment Plan Prepare Deployment Migration Post-Migration
Pre-Deployment Assessment Generally a 2-day Engagement We Inventory your current environment and analyze Active Directory, Exchange, and Infrastructure Design We create Readiness Assessment, Exchange Health Report, and Exchange Permissions Audit Make Infrastructure/Design suggestions Leave you with a detailed action plan Credit most of cost toward migration project
Plan Understand why the migration is occurring Define critical goals for the success of the project Identify project team roles and responsibilities Plan for end-user change management Ensure team buy-in on realistic project timeline and milestones Address overlooked critical success factors What does the End look like?
Prepare Business Policies Mail Flow Backup Licensing Identify Type of Migration Cutover Staged Hybrid/Coexistence Review Technical Requirements Hybrid Requirements Azure Active Directory Find a Complete Data Migration Toolset Microsoft MigrationWiz SkyKick
Deployment End-User Communication Client Software Implement Assessment Recommendations Active Directory Objects Back up and Verify your Email Data Update/Patch Exchange Configure Tenant (Based on Policies) Configure Authentication Configure Type of Migration Cutover Staged Hybrid/Coexistence Alpha/Beta Testing
Authentication Options Cloud Identity Directory & Password Synchronization Federated Identity Single identity in the cloud Suitable for small organizations with no integration to onpremises directories Single identity suitable for medium and large organizations without federation Single federated identity and credentials suitable for medium and large organizations
Deployment End-User Communication Client Software Implement Assessment Recommendations Active Directory Objects Back up and Verify your Email Data Update/Patch Exchange Configure DNS Configure Tenant (Based on Policies) Configure Authentication Configure Type of Migration Cutover Staged Hybrid/Coexistence Alpha/Beta Testing
Migration Schedule Migration of Email Training End-Users Email Migration Migrate Mailboxes Migrate Groups Migrate Public Folders Roll Out any New Settings Remediation of User Issues
Post-Migration End-User Training Final Public DNS Changes Decommission of Existing Exchange Services Legacy Backup/Archiving Systems
Potential Challenges Email is not always the hard part Garbage in = garbage out Legacy applications Migration bottlenecks You don t know what you don t know (Extra Time)
Migration Steps 75% 25% Pre-Deployment Assessment Plan Prepare Deployment Migration Post-Migration
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Thank You and have a Great Day. Jeff Rogers jeffr@biggreenit.com 916-945-8263 Mike Prachar mikep@biggreenit.com 916-265-2585