Migrate Slack Channel Names & Framework to Microsoft Teams

Despite the standard Slack to Teams migration practice of migrating almost all data, it may not be necessary for businesses to move their entire Slack data to Microsoft Teams. In cases where businesses and their IT teams do not have to migrate all data, there can be significant scope to optimize the migration to keep the project cost and timeline in check.
One such approach is to only migrate Slack Channel names, i.e., only the framework/shell of specific Public and Private Slack channels. Learn more about it below.

Business Use Cases of Migrating Slack Channel Names and Framework

There can be several different business-specific use cases of migrating only the framework of specific Slack Channels when embracing Microsoft Teams. One common use case can be to keep the migration cost in check while optimizing the project’s timeline.
For example, an organization may have fifty Public and Private Slack Channels, and five Channels may have messages and other data that are not vital for the internal teams. In such cases, the members of those Channels can start over fresh in Microsoft Teams by not having the message and metadata migrated. Migrating only the Channels along with members and preserving them on respective teams in Microsoft Teams can help cut the cost of migrating messages and metadata.

When migrating only the Slack Channel names and framework, IT teams can also merge the members of such multiple Channels into a single team in Microsoft Teams. Taking this approach helps consolidate common Channels into a single team and lower the number of teams to be created. This, in turn, helps:

• Make the Microsoft Teams environment less cluttered and simpler to manage
• Consolidate communication of similar groups on a single team in Microsoft Teams
• Make the Channel mapping less complicated prior to starting the migration

Perform a Strategic Slack to Teams Migration with CloudFuze

With CloudFuze as the migration partner, your organization can get highly granular in choosing what to migrate from Slack to Microsoft Teams. Our migration team of experts can also help your IT team strategize the migration project in ways that help improve business processes post-migration and make the best out of the Microsoft 365 cloud suite.