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Multi-workload Migration :

WORKLOAD MIGRATION

Migrate workloads into & around Microsoft 365

Whether you want to migrate tenant to tenant, restructure workloads, move on-premises into the cloud, consolidate non-Microsoft sources such as Box, Dropbox and Google Drive, or migrate Slack to Teams, our hosted migration services have you covered.

Opt for a DIY approach supported by our migration experts or let us look after everything for you.

BENEFITS

Take a best practice, phased approach to your migration project:

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Understand what you have

Get the data you need to plan a smooth migration:

  • Profile your existing information architecture, data size, users & site activity 
  • Find out what’s important, or just collecting dust
  • Identify any customisations, checked out files & workflows that may impact your migration

You are now ready for the next stage:

Plan & design your migration

  • Filter according to properties or metadata
  • Exclude content, such as neglected sites
  • Selectively include or exclude objects (webparts, navigation, Apps, views, etc.)
  • Map any required restructuring
  • Convert mailboxes, e.g. to shared mailboxes
  • Convert Teams channels, e.g., standard to private.

Execute your migration

  • Stage & timetable your migration to ensure a seamless UX
  • Migrate TBs a day
  • Use Azure BLOB storage to minimise throttling
  • Preserve permissions, version histories, sensitivity labels & more as you move
  • Complete final Outlook config tasks & guide users through any final migration steps

Monitor progress as you move

  • A real time dashboard lets you track progress
  • Detailed reports validate what’s been moved: volumes, sites, lists, libraries, item counts, etc.
  • Keep stakeholders automatically informed
  • See all actions & any errors in one overall view
  • Re-run any stopped or failed jobs
  • Understand migration trends.

Many different sources & platforms supported

  • File shares
  • OneDrive
  • Exchange on-premises & online
  • SharePoint sites, individual lists & libraries
  • Teams Instances, Channels & Chats
  • Non-Microsoft sources e.g., Box, DropBox & Google Drive
  • Migrate Slack to Teams

RESOURCES

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What our customers have to say about us

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What our customers have to say

“Although shortcuts would still work across the network after migrating to Microsoft 365, the prospect of maintaining a dedicated email archive on-prem was a non-starter. Essential worked out the best strategy for migrating our archived emails into Exchange Online.”

Stephen Appleby, at An Post
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What our customers have to say

“We did our research into migration methods, including manual extraction, which was deemed totally impractical. We had no issues and no surprises and achieved our objective to complete our migration earlier than scheduled.”

Enterprise Vault customer, financial organisation

What our customers have to say

“The migration approach certainly worked for us so we do not hesitate in recommending this approach to other organisations. We had no issues and no surprises and achieved our objective to migrate all archived email from EAS to the Exchange 2010 Online archive mailboxes. Essential delivered what was promised at the outset.”

IT manager, EAS migration to Office 365
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What our customers have to say

“We had no issues and no surprises and achieved our objective to migrate all archived email. Essential delivered what was promised at the outset.”

Dorothy O’Regan, NUI Galway

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