Office 365 Groups migration

Helpful tips for migrating Office 365 Groups

Migrating an Office 365 group can be a complex process, but the following tips can help make the transition smoother:

1. Plan the migration in advance, and communicate the changes to all members of the group.
2. Backup all data before migrating to avoid losing important files or emails.
3. Consider the impact on any connected apps or services before migrating.
4. Test the migration on a smaller group before rolling it out to the entire organization.

If you want to migrate Office 365 groups you can use EdbMails Office 365 migrator which helps you to migrate your Office 365 group data. The application migrates all your Office 365 groups data to the destination mailbox or to another group.

After connecting to the source server, you just have to select the groups in which you want to migrate and then proceed with the destination connection.According to your requirement, move the mailbox to Exchange online and the selected group's data to another group or to a mailbox.

Steps to migrate Office 365 Groups to another tenant

• Step 1: Download and install EdbMails Office 365 migration
  • Download and install EdbMails software on your computer.

     See a detailed list of EdbMails system requirements for Office 365 migration.

    

  • After you have installed it, click ‘Start Your Free Trial’ to start using the application.

    

  • Select ‘Office 365 Migration’ from the main screen.

    

    Note: If the Standard folders (such as Inbox, Calendar, Contacts) on your source server mailboxes are initialized with a different language, follow the details to migrate these folders to the respective system folders on the target (destination) server.

    For Instance: If your source Inbox folder is named 'Boîte de réception', which is in French language and you migrate this folder directly to the destination server, then by default it will not be mapped to the 'Inbox' folder on the target server. In order to map the folder with the french name to the respective folder, change the regional settings on the target server to match that of your source mailbox folder language (in this case, it is French).

     Steps to change the language and regional settings on Office 365

• Step 2: Log in to the source Office 365 account as Administrator
  • To migrate Office 365 Groups, you need to log in to your Office 365 tenant account. 
  • Enter your credentials and click the ‘Login’ button.
  • EdbMails is a highly secure application and supports OAuth 2.0 authentication along with TLS encryption. 
  • Select the connection method as ‘Connect to Mailboxes(es)’

   Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

  

• Step 3: Select the source Office 365 Group for migration
  • EdbMails displays all the groups and associated mailboxes from your Office 365 tenant. 
  • Select the group or groups that you want to migrate to the target and click ‘Migrate to Office 365’. You can select the required group by browsing through the list of groups.

   Tip: In addition to the group migration, you can also export mailbox to PST from Office 365

  

• Step 4: Log in to the target Office 365 tenant as Administrator
  • In the next step, log in to your target Office 365 tenant with global administrator credentials. 
  • EdbMails loads the list of mailboxes and groups from the target tenant.

   Tip: EdbMails automatically maps the members of the source and target groups based on the email address or similarity in the group names. You can also manually map the members if required.

• Step 5: Start the Office 365 tenant to tenant Group migration
  • After you have mapped the source and target group members, you can start the migration. 
  • EdbMails will start migrating the selected Office 365 group to the target group. You can also monitor the progress of the migration process.

After completing the migration, verify whether the migration was successful or not. You can verify it by checking the target group to see whether all the members and data of the source group are migrated to the target group or you can also verify with EdbMails log report.

Advantages of EdbMails to migrate Groups to Office 365

It becomes very hard if you have to depend on multiple tools for different operations which is hectic to manage and also time-consuming. As a result, it’s always better to go for a solution that has everything in it and EdbMails is one among them.

1. Quick and Easy Migration: EdbMails provides a simple and user-friendly interface that makes the migration process quick and easy. The software tool not only allows you to migrate O365 mailboxes to another tenant but it also allows you to migrate your Office 365 groups to another group in just a few clicks.
2. No Downtime: EdbMails ensures zero downtime during the entire migration. You can continue to work on your Office 365 account while the migration is in progress.
3. Reliable and Secure: EdbMails is a reliable and secure software that ensures that your data is safe during the migration process. It uses advanced algorithms to migrate your data without any loss.
4. Migrate Multiple Groups: With EdbMails, you can migrate multiple Office 365 Groups at once. This feature saves time and effort compared to manually migrating each group one by one.
5. Advanced Mapping Options: EdbMails provides advanced mapping options that allow you to map source and target group members, calendars, tasks, notes, and other data items. This ensures that all the data is migrated accurately.
6. Incremental Migration: EdbMails supports incremental migration, which means that it only migrates the new or modified data items after the initial migration. This saves time and bandwidth during subsequent migrations.
7. Pre-migration Analysis: EdbMails provides pre-migration analysis with its free trial software that allows you to analyze the migration before you perform the actual migration. 
8. Cost-Effective: EdbMails is a cost-effective solution for Office 365 Group migration. It provides a range of migration plans for Office 365 that fit all budgets.