Migrate Microsoft 365 to Another Tenant 10X BETTER!

Planning to migrate Microsoft 365 to another tenant? Make the transition 10X better by gaining deep insights from real-world implementations.

To help you in this, we have shared some of the high-level insights from our years of experience in migrating TBs and PBs of Microsoft 365 tenant data of some of the world’s largest companies.

1. Align the Microsoft 365 Tenant Migration with the Use Case

Many IT teams often lose sight of the use case when extensively planning to migrate Microsoft 365 to another tenant. However, this should not be the case as the migration can go off track and the purpose defeated.

Make sure to plan as per your company’s Microsoft 365 cross tenant migration use case, such as:

• Mergers
• Acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Consolidations
• Other organizational restructuring

2. Plan and Schedule Migration Tool Demos to Find the Best Fit

Demos are what you want to focus on when exploring Microsoft 365 tenant to tenant migration tools in the market.

It is through demos that you can test the actual capabilities of the tenant migration tools and make an informed decision on whether it can meet your migration needs.

Here’s a simple and brief process to plan and schedule tool demos and POCs:

1. Shortlist the tenant migration tools that suit your needs
2. Request for a free demo or a POC (proof of concept)
3. Schedule the demo date
4. Prepare a pilot batch for the demo migration
5. Add features, such as permissions, hyperlinks (embedded links), etc, to the demo scope
6. Validate the results after the demo or POC migration

3. Plan for Change Management Along the Way

Given the fact that the target clouds will be the same as the source clouds when migrating a Microsoft 365 tenant to another tenant, change management may seem unimportant.

However, it should not be an oversight, especially for use cases like mergers and acquisitions.

Even when the target cloud apps and drive are same, the workflows and collaboration structures may change post-migration. Therefore, make sure to plan a proper change management strategy that involves:

• Informing users about the tenant migration
• Helping users integrate data post-migration
• Providing users with proper training on the new collaboration and admin structures

4. Ensure all Legal and Security-Related Parameters are Met

Compliance with legals and security requirements is one of the top priorities to focus on when planning to migrate Microsoft 365 to another tenant at any scale.

Ensure that the cloud migration vendor you choose to work with has agreed to abide to your legal requirements.

Equally important is to make sure that your company’s data security requirements are met, such as:

• Secure cloud authentication
• Data encryption during migration
• Use of secure servers
• Complying to not storing user information

5. Plan for Proper Validation and Cutover

Since validation is critical to ensuring that the migration is completed successfully, your team must approach it properly.

Collaborate with the migration vendor to analyze each migration report and verify the successful transfers of source tenant data like files and folders.

Also, if your company’s tenant migration use case involves letting go of the source Microsoft 365 tenant completely, make sure to perform a complete cutover and go live on the target Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to do cross tenant migration in Office 365?

You can plan and perform cross tenant migrations in Office 365 with a Microsoft 365 tenant migration solution provider like CloudFuze.

2. What is a Microsoft 365 tenant?

A Microsoft 365 tenant is a license for a particular company under which domains and Microsoft 365’s cloud services are provided.

3. Which is the best Microsoft 365 tenant to tenant migration tool?

CloudFuze offers the best Microsoft 365 tenant migration tool in the industry. As a Microsoft 365 Gold Partner, CloudFuze has helped some of the world’s biggest companies migrate their Microsoft 365 tenant data successfully and securely.