Liquid Web to Office 365 migration

Liquid Web is a comprehensive managed cloud and web hosting provider, offering a range of services such as dedicated servers, cloud VPS hosting, WordPress and Enterprise Hosting, storage, and backups. They also provide email hosting options, including Standard and Plus plans (the latter requiring a Liquid Web hosting plan) and independent Microsoft Exchange mailboxes. With their managed service, Liquid Web handles all server maintenance, enabling you to access and manage emails anytime, anywhere. Key features include POP/IMAP webmail support, archiving, spam and virus protection, Outlook and chat support, and 25 GB mailbox space with 50 MB attachments.

However, while these offerings are suitable for basic email needs, they fall short when it comes to advanced collaboration and communication features. Office 365 stands out with its extensive app integrations, a 50GB mailbox that includes in-place Archives and Shared Mailboxes, and powerful tools like SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft Office apps. As a result, many businesses are increasingly looking to migrate their email data to Office 365.

EdbMails IMAP migration tool is a Microsoft partnered software that can help you migrate emails from Liquid Web to Office 365. The tool offers several key features that address the challenges of Liquid Web to Office 365 migration. With advanced filtering options, you can selectively migrate specific email folders or filter emails by date range, subject, and attachments, ensuring only relevant data is transferred. It also ensures compliance with data retention policies by offering options to retain or delete specific data during migration, meeting both internal and regulatory requirements. The tool supports authentication on the Microsoft sign-in page for added safety. Additionally, automated mapping simplifies the migration by automatically mapping user mailboxes between Liquid Web and Office 365, eliminating manual configurations and reducing the risk of errors, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition.

1. Liquid Web to Office 365 migration planning

   Before starting Liquid Web to Office 365 migration ensure that you have made a detailed plan so that all your data is safe. Planning also saves your time and gives an overview of the entire operation. Here is a checklist of points to consider.

   1. Ensure that you have administrator access to both Liquid Web and Office 365 accounts.
   2. Keep your Liquid Web email's IMAP connection information handy.
   3. Before beginning the migration, make a complete backup of all your mailboxes.
   4. Make a list of what you want to migrate and what you want to leave behind.
   5. Remove unwanted and unnecessary mailboxes from the source.
   6. Request that your users save or export large attachments to their local storage.
   7. Consider whether you want to keep the Liquid Web domain or get a custom domain for your email.
   8. Communicate all of these changes to your end users, stakeholders and keep them updated.
   9. Perform a pilot migration to ensure everything works as expected.
   10. After you complete the migration, allow enough time for testing and verification.
   11. Add the MX records on Office 365 and configure Outlook for all users.

2. Pre migration activities for Liquid Web to Office 365 migration

   1. Create a list of users in a CSV file, which you want to migrate from Liquid Web.
   2. Find the name of your source email server from an email client
   3. Purchase a suitable Office 365 licensing plan. You can also sign up for a 30 day free trial and decide to go with a suitable one later. Compare Office 365 business plans and Compare Office 365 enterprise plans
   4. Create Office 365 mailboxes and assign licenses to them

       Add users and assign licenses to Office 365 users

       Assign Microsoft 365 licenses to user accounts

   5. If you plan to migrate your mailboxes to Office 365 Public folders, ensure that you create and configure the Public folder mailboxes on the target server.

       Create Office 365 Public folder and assign mailbox user

   6. Similarly, if you want to migrate mailboxes to Office 365 In-Place archive, enable them from the admin center.

       Steps to enable archive mailbox in Microsoft 365

   7. If you have a custom email domain from the source which you want to retain and receive emails to, you must add and verify the domain on Office 365.

       Steps to add a custom domain to Office 365 and steps to add DNS records to connect your domain.

   8. Configure Office 365 to send and receive large messages.

       Follow the steps to increase the message size on Office 365 to 150MB. See message size limits on Office 365 for more information.

3. Steps to migrate from Liquid Web to Office 365 with EdbMails

   • Step 1: Download and Install EdbMails migration software

     • To initiate the migration process, downloading and installing the EdbMails application on your Windows system.
     • Launch the application and choose either ‘Login’ or ‘Start Your Free Trial’ to get started.

         See a detailed list of EdbMails system requirements for IMAP migration.

       

     • Choose "IMAP Migration" as the preferred migration method in the main interface.

       

   • Step 2: Connect to source Liquid Web server

     • In the EdbMails IMAP connection interface, enter the connection details and user credentials as shown. EdbMails is a secure application that does not save any login data.
       • Hostname: secure.emailsrvr.com (If you’re using the Business email)
       • Port Number: 993 with SSL/TLS selected (For secure IMAP connection)
       • Email address and password associated with your account.

       

     • For migrating multiple mailboxes, choose the 'Multiple (bulk) Users/Accounts Migration' option. Start by downloading the sample CSV file from EdbMails and complete the necessary fields, including mailbox name, password, host name, and port. Once the CSV file is populated, upload it into the application and verify the list of mailboxes to proceed with the migration process.

       

        See steps to connect to single and multiple users in EdbMails IMAP migration

   • Step 3: Select source Liquid Web server mailboxes

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

        See tips to optimize IMAP migration to Exchange online

       

   • Step 4: Connect to target Office 365 server

     • Select the preferred method for secure OAuth-based modern authentication. The default option, 'Auto Registration,' requires Global Admin permissions for configuration, ensuring a streamlined setup process. Alternatively, the 'Manual Registration'option provides greater flexibility, as it can be completed using either a Global Admin account or any user account with the necessary full access privileges.

       

     • Next, choose the appropriate migration option and proceed to log in on the Microsoft sign-in page.

       

     • EdbMails automatically loads mailboxes from your Liquid Web server. Additionally, it supports the use of CSV files to efficiently load mailboxes into Office 365.

       

   • Step 5: Liquid Web to Office 365 mailboxes mapping

     • Choose the mapping option that best aligns with your requirements.

       

     • EdbMails provides an automated mailbox creation feature for Office 365, streamlining the setup of target mailboxes and ensuring seamless mailbox and folder mapping from the source IMAP server. This capability is especially beneficial for effectively handling a substantial number of mailboxes during the migration process.

       

     • Click the ‘Folder and Item Filter’ button to set a filter for your migration. For instance, you can choose to migrate data only within a specific date range by applying a date filter. Additionally, you can exclude both standard and custom folders from the migration.

       

   • Step 6: Start Liquid Web to Office 365 migration

     • 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 migration report. You can also pause and resume the migration.

       

4. Liquid Web to Office 365 post-migration tasks

   • Step 1: Update the MX records to point to Office 365

     If you have not done this step previously, change the DNS records known as MX records to enable email and receive messages on the target Office 365 server. In addition, configure the Autodiscover record to allow Outlook to connect to the migrated mailboxes.

   • Step 2: Create a new Outlook profile for users in the new domain

     Configure the Outlook profile for each user in your domain if Outlook has problems connecting to Office 365 mailboxes.

5. Liquid Web to Office 365 migration troubleshooting

     For common migration issues, check the knowledge base articles. For more information on EdbMails IMAP migration, visit the frequently asked questions (FAQs) section or contact our technical support team.

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