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that can be easily disrupted during the migration process. This could result in interruptions to normal e-mail security policy application, and potentially allow threats to enter the network or sensitive information to escape. By working to remove some of the complexity of these ancillary services before the migration, IT will almost certainly achieve a smoother migration process. Failure to correctly identify, assess and mitigate risks around this migration could cause unanticipated problems. These, in turn, could lead to unplanned expenditure and a loss of productivity, which would ultimately have a negative impact on both the migration project and the reputation of IT within the organization. Having gone through this initial assessment phase, organizations will quickly see that there are certain steps they can take in advance of a migration that will minimize their risk. THREE STEPS TO A PAINLESS MIGRATION • Step One: Identify and Assess Your Risks Identify the risks that the migration could introduce to your business, such as e-mail downtime, data loss, interruption to policy enforcement and cost escalation. Make sure that you consider how the performance and reliability of your wider e-mail infrastructure might be impacted, including things such as your e-mail security, data leak prevention and e-mail archive systems. Assess the extent of these risks, and look at ways in which you might mitigate them. • Step Two: Mitigate Your Risks Each organization’s needs vary, but simplifying the overall e-mail architecture, reducing the volume of data involved, and putting in place independent e-mail continuity and security solutions can reduce some of 28 Exchange 2010 ILTA White Paper the risks associated with the migration. Leveraging SaaS-based solutions that help smooth the path to a pain-free Exchange 2010 migration can dramatically reduce many of these anticipated risks, and ensure maximum user acceptance of the new system. Microsoft Gold Certified SaaS partners can help reduce migration times by: •Transferring your historical e-mail to an online archive before beginning your migration to ensure data security and integrity is maintained, while reducing the time required to migrate •Applying continuous e-mail security, content control and data retention policies through your migration and beyond, while reducing the complexity of the overall e-mail ecosystem •Delivering 100 percent e-mail availability to your users through seamless Outlook integration and automated failover capabilities • Step Three: Migrate! With your Cloud solution in place, you can migrate to Exchange 2010 with the confidence that your users will have uninterrupted e-mail availability, that e-mail policies will be continuously applied and that e-mail data will be secure. You will soon be enjoying the benefits of a new Exchange 2010 environment! Microsoft Exchange 2010 is by far the best version of Exchange to date, bringing significant new features and benefits to end users, administrators and their organizations. Deploying a Cloud-based solution prior to migration will ensure the smoothest possible implementation, minimize the risk to your business and truly cover all the bases in your messaging platform. ILTA