Migrate GoDaddy email to Office 365 with EdbMails

1. Plan to migrate from godaddy to microsoft 365

   Planning is one of the most important steps before you begin migrating your data to Office 365. Prepare the environment and have a backup plan in place to avoid potential risks and data loss. Here is a checklist of points to consider before you migrate.

   1. Determine the size of the data and number of mailboxes you want to migrate.
   2. Make a list of all the data and permissions from GoDaddy that you want to migrate.
   3. Decide if you plan to migrate user mailboxes only or archive mailboxes and Shared mailboxes as well.
   4. Create appropriate user mailboxes on Office 365 and assign licenses to them.
   5. Ensure you have enough network capacity and bandwidth to migrate.
   6. Communicate the migration plan and flow to your end users.

2. GoDaddy to Office 365 migration prerequisites

   1. Before migrating from GoDaddy to Office 365, ensure that you create mailboxes for your users in your organization and assign suitable licenses to them.
      1. Add users and assign licenses to Office 365 users
      2. Assign Microsoft 365 licenses to user accounts
   2. Ensure you have administrator rights to migrate mailboxes from GoDaddy. Assign the impersonation rights to the global admin to migrate mailboxes on behalf of users in your organization.
   3. If you plan to migrate multiple users prepare a CSV file with the list of all user mailboxes
   4. If you plan to migrate emails from GoDaddy to Office 365 by using IMAP connection, find and note down the server name on GoDaddy.
   5. Assign the Organization Management role group in Exchange online to the admin user.
   6. Ensure that the admin account on the target Office 365 server has the impersonation rights to migrate mailboxes
   7. If you have a custom email domain from GoDaddy to which you want to receive emails after the migration, you must add and verify the domain on Office 365.
      1. Steps to add a custom domain to Office 365
      2. Steps to add DNS records to connect your domain
   8. Configure Office 365 to send and receive large messages.
      1. Follow the steps to increase the message size on Office 365 to 150MB.
      2. See message size limits on Office 365 for more information

3. How to migrate GoDaddy to Microsoft 365?

   The following methods can help you migrate from GoDaddy to Microsoft 365

   1. Migrate GoDaddy Office 365 to Microsoft 365
   2. Migrate GoDaddy email to Microsoft 365 using IMAP
   3. Move from GoDaddy PST files to Microsoft 365

   EdbMails supports all of the aforementioned methods and enables you to migrate directly from the source to the target without downtime or data loss.

   Method 1 : Steps to migrate godaddy email to microsoft 365

   If you have an Office 365 tenant with GoDaddy and want to migrate to another Office 365 tenant on a Microsoft server, follow the in-detailed steps outlined below.

   • Step 1: Download and Install EdbMails Office 365 migration software

     • Download EdbMails and install the application on any computer having Windows Operating System

        See a detailed list of EdbMails system requirements for Office 365 migration.

       

     • Launch the application and click 'Login' or 'Start Your Free Trial'.

       

     • Select the migration option as Office 365 migration

       

     Note: If the default folders (such as Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts) in your source tenant mailboxes are configured in a different language, for instance, if your source Inbox folder is labeled ‘Boîte de réception’ in French, a direct migration to the destination server won't automatically map it to the ‘Inbox’ folder on the target server. To ensure that the folder with the French name is correctly mapped to the corresponding folder on the target server, please refer to this link.

   • Step 2: Connect to the source server with Global Administrator account

     In the ‘Connect to Office 365 (Source)’ window, select the authentication method as Auto or Manual registration for modern authentication and the connection method as Mailboxes, Public folder or Archive Mailbox. Enter your global administrator account details on Microsoft Sign In page to authenticate.

     

      Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

     After you authenticate and log in successfully, select one of the methods to load the mailboxes. You can also load and migrate the mailboxes using a CSV file

   • Step 3: Select the mailbox items and then connect to Office 365

     • EdbMails displays a list of mailboxes from the source server (GoDaddy).
     • Select the mailboxes and folders that you want to migrate to Office 365.
     • Click 'Migrate to Office 365' to setup the connection with the target server

       

      Tip: If this is the first time you’re migrating with EdbMails, the migration is a full migration. On subsequent migrations from the same source to the target, the migration is incremental.

      You can also migrate from GoDaddy to Office 365 groups by using EdbMails.

   • Step 4: Customize the GoDaddy to Office 365 migration (Optional)

     EdbMails provides the following additional options to help you customize the migration task.

     • Additional Include and Exclude Filter Options and migration settings for mailboxes.
     • Filter emails by Date: Migrate to Office 365 by applying the Date filter
     • Filter emails by Size: Exclude emails from migration larger than a specified size.
   • Step 5: Connect to target Office 365 as Global Admin User

     EdbMails supports both modern and classic authentication. Connect to the target server by selecting 'Auto' or 'Manual' registration for modern authentication and the connection method as Mailboxes, Public folder or Archive Mailbox.

      Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

     Upon successful connection to the target server, select one of the options to load mailboxes. Next, select the required mapping option to map mailboxes between the source and the target servers.

      Tip: EdbMails can automatically maps the mailboxes and folders between the source tenant and Office 365. This activity saves time when you’re migrating a large number of mailboxes.

     

   • Step 6: Start GoDaddy email migration to Office 365

     Start and monitor the migration operation after you complete the mailbox mapping. Finally, verify the count of migrated emails, folders and mailbox items with EdbMails text-based log report.

      Tip: If you have a Hosted Exchange server on GoDaddy and are looking to migrate from Exchange to Office 365, EdbMails also has a dedicated Exchange migration tool to simplify your task.

   Method 2 : Godaddy email migration to office 365 using IMAP

   If you have your GoDaddy email account on an IMAP server (such as cPanel, Zoho, or Zimbra), you can use EdbMails IMAP migration tool to directly migrate GoDaddy email to Office 365 without having to worry about the manual migration procedures.

   • Step 1: Install and start EdbMails IMAP migration software

     • Download EdbMails and install the application as outlined in the preceding method.Launch the application and click ‘Login’ or ‘Start Your Free Trial’.
     • Select the migration method as IMAP migration.

       

   • Step 2: Connect to a single user or multiple users mailbox on GoDaddy

     • If you want to migrate a single user, enter the Host Name , Port Number (993 for SSL), and account credentials to connect to GoDaddy as shown.

       

     • If you want to migrate multiple mailboxes, select ‘Multiple (bulk) Users/Accounts Migration’. Download the sample CSV file and add in the required details such as mailbox name, password, host name and port. Load the CSV file into EdbMails and verify the list mailboxes to continue.

       

      Steps to connect to single and multiple users in EdbMails IMAP migration

   • Step 3: Select the mailboxes and connect to the Office 365 tenant

     • Select the mailboxes and folders from the left panel to migrate to Office 365.
     • Click ‘Migrate to Office 365’ to set up the connection with the target server.

       

   • Step 4: Connect to the target Office 365 as Global Admin User

     • Connect to target Office 365 server with global admin account
     • Select option to load mailboxes
     • Select option to map mailbox between source and the target servers
   • Step 5: Start GoDaddy email migration to Office 365 and verify the endpoint

     Start and monitor the migration operation after you complete the mailbox mapping. Finally, verify the count of migrated emails, folders and mailbox items with EdbMails text-based log report.

      See tips to optimize IMAP migration to Exchange online

     IMAP migration protocol migrates only emails from the source to the target. To migrate your calendars and contacts, export them to a flat file such as CSV or iCal format, and then import them into your Office 365 account.

      Learn how to import calendars and contacts into Microsoft Office 365

   Method 3 : Steps to migrate from GoDaddy PST files to Microsoft 365

   If you have your mailboxes from GoDaddy exported as PST files, EdbMails can also assist you in migrating to Office 365. Download and run EdbMails if it hasn't already been installed on your system. The following steps outline how to import PST file to Office 365 with the application.

   • Step 1: Select the migration method as Office 365 migration

     On the EdbMails migration selection popup, select the migration method as Office 365 migration.

   • Step 2: Add PST files in bulk to migrate to Office 365

     To add the PST files, close the Connect to Office 365 (Source) connection window and click migrate ‘PST to Office 365’ at the bottom.

     

   • Step 3: Connect to target Office 365 as Global Admin User

      Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

   • Step 4: Map the mailboxes and move GoDaddy Office 365 to Microsoft

     The mapping activity in EdbMails can automatically match and map the mailboxes and folders from the PST file to Office 365. This activity saves time when you’re migrating a large number of mailboxes. After you complete the migration, verify the count of the migrated items, folders and mailboxes with the help of EdbMails log report. Learn how to migrate multiple PSTs to Office 365.

4. Post migration activities

   • Step 1: Add the domain and update the MX records to point to Office 365

     Add the domain on Office 365 and if you haven’t updated the DNS records previously, you must change the MX records to enable email to work with the target server and receive messages on Office 365. In addition, configure the Autodiscover record to allow Outlook to connect to the migrated mailboxes.

   • Step 2: Defederate the domain from the GoDaddy tenant

     After verifying the migrated data, remove the domain from GoDaddy. You can perform this step by becoming a tenant admin in GoDaddy, enabling impersonation, and removing the federation. Finally, remove the delegated admin, test the mail flow, and cancel the GoDaddy subscription.

     Note: Before defederating your domain, make sure that you have migrated all of your data and email accounts to a new email provider or platform, as defederating a domain prevents users from accessing Office 365 services associated with that domain.

   • Step 3: Change the default domain name on Office 365

     If the default domain on Office 365 points to the address from Microsoft (companyname.onmicrosoft.com), you can change the settings to set the custom domain from GoDaddy (companyname.com) as default.

   • Step 4: Reset the passwords of users from Azure Active Directory

     This is an optional step if you have used the CSV file to load and migrate the mailboxes. Reset the user passwords from the Azure AD as described in the guide.

   • Step 5: Create a new Outlook profile for users in the new domain

     Ensure you have the latest version of Microsoft Office and Outlook installed to avoid compatibility issues with Office 365. Configure the Outlook profile for each user in your domain if Outlook has problems connecting to Office 365 mailboxes.