We are often asked to migrate customers off GoDaddy hosted email to a new Microsoft Office 365 (O365) Tenant. GoDaddy is widely used by customers for hosted email, as that is where they have their DNS registration for their domain names. It is easy for a GoDaddy customer to sign […]
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If you are still using a hosted email service that is based on IMAP (or POP3) it is time to consider moving onto Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, and benefit from the improved security. I have seen many customers on IMAP experiencing identity theft where user credentials have been gained, and […]
Proper use of the SPF and DKIM email authentication controls allows you to also enforce the DMARC control to significantly increase your email security posture. Adopting the desired DMARC reject mode allows you to help prevent external parties from sending spoof emails from your email domain to anyone else on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]