Understanding Office 365 Groups Migration

Office 365 Groups provide users with a platform for collaboration and communication. However, there may be instances where you need to migrate an Office 365 group to another group. This could be due to changes in organizational structure or project requirements. Migrating an Office 365 group to another group ensures that all members can continue working together seamlessly, while also preserving important data and files.

1. Helpful tips for migrating Office 365 Groups

   Migrating an Office 365 group can be a complex process, but the following tips can help make the transition smoother:

   1. Plan the migration in advance, and communicate the changes to all members of the group.
   2. Backup all data before migrating to avoid losing important files or emails.
   3. Consider the impact on any connected apps or services before migrating.
   4. Test the migration on a smaller group before rolling it out to the entire organization.

   If you want to migrate Office 365 groups you can use EdbMails Office 365 migrator which helps you to migrate your Office 365 group data. The application migrates all your Office 365 groups data to the destination mailbox or to another group.

   After connecting to the source server, you just have to select the groups in which you want to migrate and then proceed with the destination connection.According to your requirement, move the mailbox to Exchange online and the selected group's data to another group or to a mailbox.

2. Office 365 Groups to another tenant migration using EdbMails

   • Step 1: Download and install EdbMails Office 365 migration
     • Download and install EdbMails software on your computer.

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

       

     • After you have installed it, click ‘Start Your Free Trial’ to start using the application.

       

     • Select ‘Office 365 Migration’ from the main screen.

       

       Note: If the Standard folders (such as Inbox, Calendar, Contacts) on your source server mailboxes are initialized with a different language, follow the details to migrate these folders to the respective system folders on the target (destination) server.

       For Instance: If your source Inbox folder is named 'Boîte de réception', which is in French language and you migrate this folder directly to the destination server, then by default it will not be mapped to the 'Inbox' folder on the target server. In order to map the folder with the french name to the respective folder, change the regional settings on the target server to match that of your source mailbox folder language (in this case, it is French).

        Steps to change the language and regional settings on Office 365

   • Step 2: Log in to the source Office 365 account as Administrator
     • To migrate Office 365 Groups, you need to log in to your Office 365 tenant account. 
     • Enter your credentials and click the ‘Login’ button.
     • EdbMails is a highly secure application and supports OAuth 2.0 authentication along with TLS encryption. 
     • Select the connection method as ‘Connect to Mailboxes(es)’

      Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

     

   • Step 3: Select the source Office 365 Group for migration
     • EdbMails displays all the groups and associated mailboxes from your Office 365 tenant. 
     • Select the group or groups that you want to migrate to the target and click ‘Migrate to Office 365’. You can select the required group by browsing through the list of groups.

      Tip: In addition to the group migration, you can also export mailbox to PST from Office 365

     

   • Step 4: Log in to the target Office 365 tenant as Administrator
     • In the next step, log in to your target Office 365 tenant with global administrator credentials. 
     • EdbMails loads the list of mailboxes and groups from the target tenant.

      Tip: EdbMails automatically maps the members of the source and target groups based on the email address or similarity in the group names. You can also manually map the members if required.

   • Step 5: Start the Office 365 tenant to tenant Group migration
     • After you have mapped the source and target group members, you can start the migration. 
     • EdbMails will start migrating the selected Office 365 group to the target group. You can also monitor the progress of the migration process.

   After completing the migration, verify whether the migration was successful or not. You can verify it by checking the target group to see whether all the members and data of the source group are migrated to the target group or you can also verify with EdbMails log report.