Move digital assets like data, applications, and IT resources to the cloud!
Migrating on-premises servers to Microsoft 365 offers significant advantages, including reduced infrastructure costs, enhanced collaboration, and improved security. It eliminates the need for physical hardware, lowering expenses and simplifying IT management, while providing scalable, subscription-based pricing.
Employees gain access to tools like Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive, enabling real-time collaboration and remote work. Microsoft 365 ensures robust security with advanced threat protection, compliance tools, and regular updates. By modernizing IT infrastructure, companies can future-proof their operations and align with the remote workplace trends, making Microsoft 365 a cost-effective and strategic choice.
Benefits
- No more VPN for remote working
- Easily access your data from anywhere
- Cost savings - short & long-term savings
- No more pricey server purchases every 5-7 years or expensive server backup
- Fully utilize the licenses you are already paying within Microsoft 365 and native applications included in the subscriptions
- Reliability
- Increase companywide efficiency
- Enhanced security
- Modernized workforce
Prerequisites
- Microsoft Business Premium licenses
- The functions your server provides your business can be migrated
- File sharing (SharePoint/Teams)
- Clean and organized data into three categories (Teams migration Excel template
- Migrating
- Archive
- Trash
- User and computer authentication/Active directory (Entra AD)
- Print Functions
- Hosted applications (Migrated to either Cloud Hosted, Web based versions, or removed completely)
- File sharing (SharePoint/Teams)
- Currently utilized Microsoft Teams or willing to start (Training)
- Workstation's have supported operating system and no "Home" version
Process
- Verify you can fully migrate your server to the Microsoft environment
- Ensure your data is ready to migrate to Teams/SharePoint
- Finalize your company's data structure in Teams and map where your current data will be migrated
- Establish a migration cut-over date
- End-user training on how to use Teams and access company data
- Client Portal training courses
- Prerecorded training videos
- Live Q&A training video call - We record this video and store it in your Teams for users to refer to
- Decommission and e-cycle your server(s)
FAQs
Personal Employee Cloud Storage
- Each user gets 1 TB of personal cloud storage in OneDrive for Business.
Company Cloud Storage
- The storage limit for Teams (SharePoint) is 1 TB of storage, plus 10 GB per licensed user.
In most cases, no. Our migration process is designed to minimize downtime, and users can continue working with their email and files. However, during the final cutover or syncing phase, there might be brief periods when access to their files is temporarily limited.
After the migration your employees will utilize Microsoft Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint to access company data. We provide multiple types of training for your employees during and after the migration.
After migrating to Microsoft 365, your files may be stored in OneDrive (for personal files) or SharePoint (for company files). You can access them through a browser, using OneDrive or Teams, or through the File Explorer on your computer if it's synced.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium includes a range of security features such as:
- Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for emails and documents.
- Azure Information Protection to classify and protect sensitive data.
- Conditional Access to ensure only authorized users and devices can access resources.
- Mobile Device Management (MDM) for managing and securing mobile devices.
Yes, Microsoft Teams is cloud-based, meaning you can access your files from anywhere with an internet connection. You can use the Teams desktop app, mobile app, or web version to access and collaborate on your files from any device.
