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Packaged assessment

Microsoft 365 Tenant Migration Assessment

A structured assessment for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, rebrands, consolidation projects, and complex Microsoft 365 tenant moves.

Who this is for

  • Organizations consolidating Microsoft 365 tenants after merger or acquisition.
  • Teams moving users, domains, mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and security settings.
  • IT leaders who need timeline, risk, and cutover planning before choosing tools or dates.

What is included

  • Source and target tenant readiness review.
  • Identity, domain, mailbox, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, group, guest, and app dependency inventory.
  • Risk review for coexistence, mail routing, Conditional Access, devices, licensing, and security policies.
  • Migration wave planning, communication model, cutover strategy, and hypercare recommendations.
  • Tooling and custom automation recommendations.

Deliverables

  • Tenant inventory summary
  • Target readiness findings
  • Cutover risk register
  • Wave plan
  • Timeline estimate
  • Executive recommendations

Prerequisites

  • Admin stakeholders for both source and target tenants.
  • High-level user, domain, workload, and deadline assumptions.
  • Known constraints around identity, security, compliance, and user impact.

Recommended next steps

  • Approve target tenant architecture and coexistence decisions.
  • Run pilot migrations against representative users and workloads.
  • Move into phased execution with validation and hypercare controls.

FAQs

Does this include mailbox migration planning?

Yes. Exchange Online, mail routing, shared mailboxes, aliases, and coexistence are core considerations.

Can you include Teams and SharePoint?

Yes. Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, groups, and permissions are included when in scope.

Will this tell us how long the migration will take?

It provides a timeline estimate and wave model based on discovery, complexity, bandwidth, validation needs, and business constraints.

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