Below are some high level steps you can follow should you want to plan you M365 Migration:
- Scope Definition: the number of users, data volume, and migration timeline.
- Discovery: Analyze the existing infrastructure and determine which services you want to migrate to M365.
- Migration Approach: Choose the best migration method based on your organization’s requirements and resources. Some common migration methods are cutover migration, staged migration, and hybrid migration.
- Procurement: Ensure that you have the necessary licenses and subscriptions for M365 and that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements for migration.
- Design and Scheduled Changes: Plan for any necessary changes to your network, security, and identity management systems to ensure that they are compatible with M365.
- Data migration: Determine how you will handle data migration, including data cleansing, mapping, and validation.
- Communication: Communicate the migration plan to all stakeholders, including end-users, IT support staff, and management.
- UAT and Pilot testing: Test the migration plan using a small pilot group before rolling out the migration to the entire organization.
- Migration Execution: Monitor the migration process and address any issues or errors that may arise.
- End-user training: Provide training and support for end-users to ensure a smooth transition to M365.
- Post-migration support: Provide post-migration support to ensure that the system is operating correctly, and address any issues that may arise.
Contact me if you need assistance in your M365 Migration!