Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Migration
A migration is judged on one thing: whether Monday morning is uneventful. Everything else is preparation for that.
The problem
Migrations fail on the details nobody surveyed
The mailboxes are the easy part. What breaks a cutover is the shared calendar nobody mentioned, the scanner that emails PDFs using a protocol being retired, the public folders, the distribution list the whole business replies to, the licences that turn out to be wrong, and the DNS that was never in your control. Each is small; discovered at the weekend of the cutover, each is a crisis.
Our approach
Survey first, cut over once
We document what is actually there before quoting a date — mailbox sizes, shared resources, devices that send mail, integrations, licence fit, and who owns the DNS. The migration is then rehearsed and staged, with mail flowing throughout and a defined way back if something is wrong.
What you get
Included as standard
Not an upsell list. These are the things that make the difference between a service you pay for and a service that works.
- Full survey before a date is promised
- Mail, calendars, contacts and shared mailboxes moved with history intact
- Public folders and distribution groups handled rather than abandoned
- Scanners, copiers and line-of-business apps that send mail identified and reconfigured
- Licence review, so you are not paying for the wrong tier
- Cutover scheduled around your week, not ours
- Security configured during the move, not bolted on afterwards
- A documented rollback position
How we work
What actually happens
- 1
Survey
Inventory mailboxes, shared resources, devices that send mail and every integration. Nothing is quoted before this.
- 2
Prepare
Tenant built, identity configured, licences assigned, security baseline applied before a single mailbox moves.
- 3
Migrate
Data synchronised in advance so the cutover moves the last delta rather than everything.
- 4
Cut over and support
DNS switched at an agreed hour, then someone available for the first working days, which is when the real questions arrive.
Technologies
What we build on
Vendor-neutral where it matters. We will tell you when the cheaper option is the right one.
- Exchange Server to Exchange Online
- Google Workspace to Microsoft 365
- Tenant-to-tenant migration
- Active Directory to Entra ID
- Entra Connect
- SharePoint and OneDrive migration
Questions
M365 Migration questions
How long will our email be down?
It should not go down. Data is synchronised beforehand, so the cutover is a DNS change and a final delta rather than a move. The honest caveat is that mail sent during the DNS propagation window can be delayed, which is why cutovers are scheduled for quiet hours.
Will we keep our old email?
Yes. Mail, calendars and contacts move with their history. Where an old system has years of archives, that is part of the survey rather than a surprise at the end.
We are on an old Exchange Server. Is it urgent?
If it is out of support, yes — an internet-facing mail server with no security updates is one of the more serious risks a small business can carry, and it has been actively exploited in the wild. That is worth planning around properly rather than rushing.
Can you move us from Google Workspace?
Yes. Mail, calendar, contacts and Drive content. The parts that need real thought are shared drive permissions and anything scripted against Google APIs, both covered in the survey.
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