Peer to Peer Magazine

Summer 2016

The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association

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80 PEER TO PEER: THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF ILTA | SUMMER 2016 You are about to encounter a survival story — a story of how one law firm successfully migrated all of its email to Office 365 and lived to tell the tale. It is a tale of late nights, joy, stress, relief and more Marriott Rewards points than a person should accumulate in such a short amount of time. A Bit of Backstory Broad and Cassel is a firm based in Orlando, Florida, with eight offices and 450 mailboxes, and we had just completed our email migration from on-premises Exchange 2010 to hosted email with Office 365. When we renewed our Microso enterprise agreement (EA) two years ago, we added the E3 (i.e., Office 365) licensing to our agreement and were looking to take advantage of all the things a secure hosted email platform provides (DR/BC, ubiquitous access, ease of management, lack of server/SAN requirements). Our old Exchange environment had performance issues, especially for large mailboxes. I've always been a "rip the Band-Aid off " kind of guy, so I pushed my staff, and we completed our migration in under five months. During the migration, I kept notes of what we learned, what worked and what didn't, and what I thought others would want to know. This is that labor of love. Ripping Off the Band-Aid: Tips and Tricks for a Quick Office 365 Migration LESSONS LEARNED Ripping Off the Band-Aid: Tips and Tricks for a Quick Office 365 Migration by David Michel Your Mileage Will Vary We experienced issues and general weirdness we couldn't predict or fully eliminate, so expect the unexpected. The information here is meant to help you be better prepared for a successful migration as forewarned is truly forearmed.

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