Here are some questions to help guide you on your way to making an informed decision:
How many mailboxes, distribution groups, public folders, etc. will you be moving into Microsoft 365?
We normally see larger organizations (250 users and above) more prone to choosing the hybrid migration path to better support their user base during the migration to Microsoft 365, especially if they have multiple locations. Smaller organizations can be more agile in their preparation for the move and an Microsoft 365 cutover migration is often a simpler approach, although mailbox size could be a consideration for them as well.
What is your current email platform?
We see clients moving from all types of email platforms into Microsoft 365. In a hybrid migration, an Exchange platform is required, so if you are running anything other than Exchange or anything older than Exchange 2010, hybrid is not an option.
Are you currently utilizing Microsoft Teams, or SharePoint On-Premise?
If the answer is yes, either a cutover or hybrid Microsoft 365 migration would work, however, there are a fair number of caveats – or “gotchas” as we like to call them – that need to be addressed.
Do you have additional complexity with your environment?
This could include things like multiple Active Directory environments from past mergers/acquisitions or the need to move to a new domain and having that occur simultaneously. In cases like these, we see most clients choose the hybrid option to allow for additional testing and a slower phased approach for deployment.
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Hybrid vs cutover Microsoft 365 migration
Posted - Mar 20 2023 : 02:53:28
