Office 365 Migration Experts for Hire

The team have migrated 200+ companies successfully to Microsoft Office 365. Trust our qualified team to ensure your O365 migration project succeeds.  You may be migrating SharePoint or Exchange. 

Still using Exchange 2016/2019 in hybrid mode?  Microsoft are ending support for these Exchange version in October 2025. We can help you prepare for Exchange SE (Subscription Edition).

We cover all the Microsoft 365 security settings.  Ensure you maximize the Office 365 security features.  Email security measures such as SPF, DKIM, DANE and DMARC block (reject) mode are recommended.  For a second opinion on email security we recommend an email security expert.

Microsoft certified office 365 consultant

Hire our Office 365 migration experts for your email project.  Trust us to enable your business to fully realize the operational cost savings of using Microsoft Office 365.   From your first contact, you will be dealing directly with an expert O365 migration consultant.

SharePoint and messaging are core applications for any business.  Therefore, use our consulting services to expertly transition safely to Microsoft Office 365Contact Us today to discuss your O365 email migration requirements.

Hire the best Office 365 migration expertise to help with your SharePoint migration project.  Allow us  to offer you a M365 Security Baseline review.  Let us quote you on how to easily improve the default cyber security settings.  For example, many organisations are looking to remove their last Exchange Servers and use Office 365 natively.

Microsoft O365 Email Migration Strategy and Coexistence

Microsoft, and their partners, make it easy to start using their Office 365 service for new mailboxes.  However, you may run a company with 500+ mailboxes using another mail platform (Exchange 2016, IBM Domino, GroupWise, GoogleMail).

Thereafter, you will need help to develop a robust Email Migration Strategy, covering the risks, and your requirements.  Exchange 2019 is coming to end of support in October 2025.

You may be looking to increase your ability to carry out email forensics.  This can be done more easily with Office 365 Exchange Online.  Do you need an email forensics expert?  Allow us to recommend globalemailforensics.com.   And they also have relevant email forensic blog articles to read.

Trusted O365 Migration Expert Consulting

Use our extensive experience in O365 email migration projects. Backed up by over 30 years in the IT industry, and coupled with University & Microsoft qualifications.

FAQs

Q: Why do I need an “Office365 migration expert” for my migration project?

A: Office365 migration project can go badly wrong if you do not use an expert.  An expert is someone who has done the work many times before. Also providing guidance to ensure minimal mistakes are made.

Q: How many Office 365 migrations does it take to become an expert?

A: For our team, an Office 365 migration consultant must complete over 10 medium sized migrations to become an “expert”.

Recent Office 365 Migration Expert Blog Posts

Office 365 Migration Consulting Services|Choices
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Office 365 Migration Consulting Services|Choices

This blog article describes the different types of Office 365 migration consulting services you can use for your email migration project.   O365 Consulting services are available in many different forms, and it is important you select the right type to fit your Office 365 email migration project. As an expert...
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Migrate off Lotus Notes to Office 365|Timing

Many of my customers are still using Lotus Notes.   But many have also decided to migrate off Lotus Notes to Office 365.   There are question marks over the the IBM road map for Domino - will it be supported as an email platform in the future.   Cloud...
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Office 365 Migration Speed|Throttling

Office 365 migration speed is a common topic of conversation when migrating large amounts of mail data to the cloud.   When migrating to Office 365 using a 3rd Party Tool (eg: Quest MFNE, Binary Tree CMTe) the mailbox data migration throughput can be slow.  This is especially common for...
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Domino to O365 Migration|Shared Mailbox Sent Items

Domino to O365 Migration of Mailin Databases For a typical Domino to O365 migration, migrating mailin databases to Shared Mailboxes can present many challenges.   How Sent Items are treated is a good example.   In Domino if you work with a mailin database, then Sent Items are kept with...
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O365 Migration Throughout – Acceleration
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O365 Migration Throughout – Acceleration

Accelerate O365 Data Migration Speed Slow O365 migration throughput is not an uncommon issue.  For email migrations to Office 365 a common constraint is the speed (throughput) of migrating (ingesting) data into the new O365 Tenant.     This blog post examines this constraint, and offers some recommendations on how...
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IMAP Migration to Office 365 – Filter Applied

Missing Outlook Emails after IMAP Migration to O365 On a recent migration from Google to Office 365 users were reporting missing emails in Outlook Folders.   The migration was a cutover migration to Office 365 and went really well using the Office 365 Migration tools for IMAP. Solve IMAP Issue...
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O365 Migration Success|Measurement
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O365 Migration Success|Measurement

In this blog article I will share a useful tip on how to easily measure O365 migration success for your email migration project.  In any O365 email migration there will be at least one major change when a large number of people have been cut-over to Office 365.  Often, these...
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Office 365 Great Value for Small Business
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Office 365 Great Value for Small Business

Working as an O365 email migration consultant, it surprises me how many small businesses have their mailboxes hosted by their website provider.    This article looks at how Office 365 can provide better value, and a better experience. Working with email migration projects every week, I have a low tolerance of...
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GroupWise to Office 365 Migration | CIO Decision
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GroupWise to Office 365 Migration | CIO Decision

GroupWise to Office 365 Migration GroupWise has been around for a long time, and for the record, I like it as an email system (server and client).   The GroupWise product is still actively being marketed, now with Micro Focus https://www.microfocus.com/products/groupwise/ GroupWise is now at version 2014 R2 SP1.   There are...
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Exchange 2016 Test Lab Setup Guide

You may be considering an Exchange 2016 migration as an alternative to Office 365, or just want to take a look as part of your Office 365 migration strategy. Please look at this great Exchange 2016 test lab guide from emailmigrations.com https://emailmigrations.com/exchange-2016-test-drive-migration-thoughts/  
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Domino to Office 365 Migration|Success

Domino to Office 365 Migration | Introduction As lead consultant here at office365migrate.com I am lucky to work on many Office 365 migration projects each month.  This allows me to experience how each migration project is run – identifying the good, and the bad. This blog post aims to highlight...
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Office 365 Migration|Slow Data Transfer
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Office 365 Migration|Slow Data Transfer

Domino to Office 365 Migration|Introduction On a recent Office 365 Migration from Domino I was experiencing very slow data migration speed.   The migration was being done using the Dell Notes Migrator to Exchange (MFNE).  Dell offer very good advice on how to maximize the data throughput - in both their...
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Approach to Office 365 Migration | Consultant Thoughts

Microsoft Office 365 (O365) has been around as a service for a while now, and can be considered mature.  Many companies are now using it, although we do not have exact figures from Microsoft. You may be using an on-premise email environment (Exchange, GroupWise, or Domino), which may be approaching...
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Office 365 Migration Throttling

Office 365 migration projects with significant mailbox data will likely encounter data migration speeds of less than 500 MB/hr.   This is massively less than on-premise migration speeds of around 10GB/hr, and can affect the migration strategy, and length of any coexistence period. Office 365 Migration Speed Any mailbox migration speeds...
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Office 365 Migration and SSO

Our team have worked on a number of Office 365 migration projects now, and one decision is made early in all the projects.  That is whether to go to Single Sign On (SSO), or not. If you are migrating from an on-premise Exchange environment to Office 365, then SSO might...
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Microsoft Readiness Check

For larger migrations to Office 365 from any platform (Domino, GroupWise, Exchange on-premise) it is recommended that you engage your local Microsoft Team to run through a Microsoft Readiness Check. There is an automated tool "on ramp for Office 365" available, that will provide some information on prep work required...
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Welcome to office365migrate.com

This is the inaugural blog post for office365migrate.com , and marks the launch of the website, and the business. We aim to provide services to organizations who want to migrate to Microsoft Office 365, but need help in doing so.   They want to minimize business risk during the migration via...
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