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Microsoft Online Migration Toolkit

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The Microsoft Online Migration Toolkit is composed by planning materials to help your organization migrate from on-premise Microsoft Exchange Servers to Exchange Online. The toolkit includes sample migration planning materials including: project plan, communication plan, tracking spreadsheet, procedures, e-mail templates, Known Issues and FAQ.

Here's an excerpt from the Migration Project Checklist:

Planning

1. Identify migration project manager.
2. Build migration project team.
3. Build migration Support team.
4. Develop migration project plan.
5. Develop migration procedures.
6. Develop migration communication plan.
7. Develop migration tracking process.

Pre-Migration

1. Configure Microsoft® Online for your organization.
2. Establish e-mail coexistence.
3. Establish directory synchronization.
4. Validate your migration plan and procedures.
5. Communicate.
6. Qualify people for migration.
7. Identify and track people to be migrated.
8. Users perform Before Migration procedures.

Migration Day

1. Activate the Microsoft Online accounts.
2. Migrate mailbox content.
3. Perform post migration validation.
4. Send Welcome communication.

Post Migration

1. Users perform After Migration procedures.
2. Users complete post-migration survey.
3. Delete local Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes.
4. Enable incoming e-mail.

Microsoft expects half of Exchange inboxes to be hosted in five years.

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