Thursday, May 19, 2011

Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Simple Migration Live!

(this lectures applies to more med/small size companies)
*office 365 includes tools for planning
*not interoperable with BES (send as permissions are not migrated over), announcement has been made that BES will be supported in the future

*hybrid/staged mode offers more reach features, with journal rules, transport rules..

*cutover: for migrations with less than 1000 users, require outlook anywhere, public 3rd party cert, identity management in the cloud, review docs from http://help.outlook.com/

*demo:
-the migration tools offer a reporting capability similar to mailbox move reports from on prem version

*staged:
-requirements: require directory sync
-allows for migration in phases
-the planning is different from cutover, you have to specify the users you want to migrate within a CSV file where as in cutover, you discover them.
-when you kick off the sync, the emails are forwared to a migrated user on O.365, no need for final delta sync
-first phase of mailbox copy: copy of all folder structure, start from latest item to the oldest item
-incremental sync phase: copy the delta

*troubleshooting tips:
-performance issue: why is the migration so slow? limiting factors: proc, memory, disk IO and network latency and bandwidth. You can adjust throttle by adjusting concurrent moves. you can load balance your source site,

-connectivity: you can use test exchange connectivity tool. one common error is 'unable to set targetAddress' this is because you are using the wrong migration mode. if you have exchange 2010/2010 sp1 you should use hybrid. User mail not migrated:(1) due to large size (greater than 24mg), (2)due to bad items

-client side requirements: user needs to run connector, once this is installed, it allows the user to connect to o365. the connector tool also will move rules, this tool will try to fix the rules if it's broken and will involve users input

-Not migrate: send as permissions, dumpuster, dynamic DL, public folder, you can't go back - will not migrate back

-hybrid (download EXL311)

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  2. Very good article, thanks for sharing this very informative steps to migrate exchange online to office 365. But I tested this exchange migrator tool ( https://softcart.wordpress.com/exchange-server-migration/ ) which assists me to migrate exchange online to MS Office 365. This tool also migrate archive mailboxes, mailbox permisison, mailbox properties, outlook profile and outlook rules without any hassle.

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