EWS Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0)

When migrating to or from Exchange Web Services (EWS) with Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0), you must create an application that Transend uses to perform an administrative driven migration. Create your ApplicationCreate an application that is unique to your organization in order to receive an Application ID and Application Secret that you will input into Transend… […]

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Inventory Microsoft 365 Data Usage

To inventory Microsoft 365 Mailbox, OneDrive and SharePoint usage, follow the below instructions. Mailbox UsageOpen the Microsoft 365 Admin Center Expand Reports Click on Usage Scroll down to the Email Activity section and click the View More button below it. Click the Mailbox Usage tab towards the top of the screen. To generate a report… […]

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Items that can’t migrate

Sometimes select items cannot migrate or cause the migration to fail or crash. When an item cannot migrate due to corruption, a bad naming convention or otherwise, we recommend you follow the below steps.Rerun the migrationOften a simple Rerun of the migration allows items to migrate that didn’t previous migrate. If the error was caused… […]

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EWS Basic Authentication Options

Basic Authentication has been deprecated by Microsoft and replaced with Modern Authentication. However, in some cases you may still use Basic Authentication during migration.Basic Authentication relies on sending usernames and passwords — often stored on or saved to the device — with every request, increasing the security risks. Basic Authentication options: Impersonation Delegation […]

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Glossary of Key Terms

Understanding the core concepts and architecture of Transend Migration Console will help you optimize functionality and efficiency. Migration ConsoleTransend Migration Console is the central point of management. This is where you configure your project, user list, credentials, settings and view results. Note: The Migration Console is to be installed on a single machine only! Remote… […]

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Transfer ownership of a Google mailbox to a Managed Account

Google supports two types of user accounts, managed user accounts and consumer user accounts. Managed user accounts are under the full control of a Cloud Identity or Google Workspace administrator. In contrast, consumer accounts are fully owned and managed by the people who created them.It can be problematic when someone uses a corporate email account… […]

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 – 2019 (EWS) Considerations

Transend supports migrating to or from Exchange versions 2010 – 2019 via Exchange Web Services (EWS). AuthenticationWhen performing a migration of bulk users using admin credentials (a service account so that you don’t need end-user passwords), you will need to use Basic Authentication: Basic Authentication Impersonation Delegation Assign an Application Impersonation role to your migration… […]

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Microsoft 365 Drive ID collection script

Use the below SharePoint document library ID collection script (get_drive_ids.ps1) to collect drive IDs that are required in the Define Drives list in Transend Migration Console. It is required you complete the Setup steps before running the inventory script, which is located at the bottom of this page. SetupLog into the Microsoft Entra admin center… […]

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Rollback / Undo a migration

If you have migrated items to a target mailbox with Transend Migration Console, and wish to rollback or undo that migration so that all migrated items are removed from the target mailbox, follow the steps below. Notes:Only items that were migrated with Transend Migration Console can be removed from the target mailbox. No data sent/received/created… […]

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Microsoft Exchange 2003 – 2007 (MAPI) Considerations

When migrating from legacy versions of Microsoft Exchange (2003 – 2007), Transend will use the Outlook API and usually MAPI to connect to the Exchange Server or read the PST file. AuthenticationThe account you use to perform a migration must be an active member of the domain you are converting from or to. This AD… […]

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