Migrating Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365
Enterprise Vault migrations succeed when archive, shortcuts, journal data, compliance, and validation are planned together. Migrating from EV to Microsoft? Bluesource is your expert.
Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365
Enterprise Vault
Enterprise Vault (EV), a business unit of Cloud Software Group, offers on-premises solutions for enterprise archiving, compliance, and governance. EV integrates archiving, surveillance, enterprise eDiscovery, capture, classification, and data risk intelligence in one product.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a cloud-based productivity suite that includes office productivity applications, cloud services, device management, and advanced security. M365 includes popular tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and cloud services such as OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange Online.
EV to Microsoft Workflow Overview
Active Archiving is Disabled
Exchange Mailboxes Moved
Enterprise Vault Archive Migration Starts
Shortcuts Converted
EV to Microsoft FAQs
Will EV items be accessible during the migration?
Yes, shortcuts will continue to work during an Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365 migration as long as EV is available. The EV search page is also available.
Is the EV folder structure maintained during migration?
Yes. The goal is to put everything back how it was. If an archived item has a shortcut, the shortcut in Exchange Online is replaced by the full item.
If there is no shortcut, we can either hide the item from the user or put it in the online archive. This prevents items from appearing where the user doesn’t expect it.
What is the impact on my end-users?
Impact on end users is minimal. With Enterprise Vault migrations, all items are migrated and converted in the background with no user intervention. Users will need to restart Outlook for Exchange to Exchange Online migrations.
Will the EV Outlook add-in continue to work?
Once the mailbox has been moved from Exchange to Exchange Online, the add-in will stop working only if the Outlook profile is recreated or EVReset.exe is used. Otherwise, it will continue to work.
Our Migration Process
Scoping
Your environment is accurately sized
Setup
Software is installed; Test Migration Performed
Reconciliation
Chain of Custody Provided; Validation
Production
Data is continuously moved until complete
