
Read More : Patching your Exchange Environment Hybrid migration or tool-based migration? Your first step before beginning a migration should be to ensure that the environment is reasonably error free and correct any underlying issues prior to migration. Unfortunately if you are experiencing day-to-day issues with Exchange, such as user issues accessing Exchange remotely, error messages and slow access times to mailboxes – or worse, database corruption – then moving to Office 365 will most likely be another source of trouble not just for people accessing the environment you are trying to migrate from, but also when migrating as it’s likely you’ll experience failures along the way. After all, what can be an easier solution to bad day-to-day Exchange performance than moving to Office 365? If the Exchange environment you are running today isn’t healthy, then often that can serve as the motivator to move. Preparing your Exchange to Office 365 Migrationīefore you begin a migration, it’s important to make sure that the source environment you are migrating from is in a good state. In part two, we’ll perform the Exchange Hybrid configuration and perform the migration of Mailboxes.Īnd, although we’re going to cover a lot of information in a short amount of time, you’ll find detailed guidance linked throughout. In part one we’ll consider the two most important first steps – deciding upon a migration approach and performing the core steps for identity.

In this article, we’ll walk through the steps and decisions you need to take when migrating to Exchange Online.

If you are planning an Exchange to Office 365 migration, then it can be quite confusing to understand the steps you need to take and in which order. This full step-by-step guide is available as a PDF.
