Rand Morimoto, president of Convergent Computing, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Microsoft partner that does Office 365 email migration work, told CRN he thinks the limited scope of what Microsoft is providing could confuse customers. And for IMAP, Microsoft will migrate only email, according to the document.
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But Microsoft won't migrate public folders, archive data or emails of 25 MB or larger, according to the document.įor Lotus Domino 7.0.3+, Microsoft will migrate only emails, mailbox contacts, calendars and tasks. Many Microsoft partners offer these types of services.įor the various versions of on-premise Exchange, Microsoft will migrate emails, mailbox rules and contacts, tasks and calendars, among other things. pst files, local Outlook settings and local contacts - and post-migration support, Microsoft said in the document. Microsoft will use its own cloud-based tools, according to the document.Ĭustomers will be responsible for the migration of client-side data - including. The software giant will do the email migrations on a 24/5 basis with predefined migration time slots, with three migration time slots per migration day. Microsoft will migrate mailboxes from Exchange 2003 and newer versions, as well as Lotus Domino 7.0.3+ and IMAP-accessible email, such as Gmail, according to the document. Related: Microsoft Says It'll Begin Offering Free Office 365 Email Migrations Next Month But a Microsoft document explaining the offer to partners, which was viewed by CRN, shows that it's actually limited in scope. Some Microsoft partners feel this could cut into their email migration business. This is part of a promotional offer, aimed at boosting Office 365 deployments, that runs until March 31 of next year. 1, Microsoft will offer free email migrations to customers that buy 150 seats or more of Office 365. Microsoft is planning to offer free email migrations to Office 365 customers starting next month, and now more details have emerged about what kind of work it will be handling.