Transitioning to a new email environment is a big change to end-users and can cause disruption if best practices are not properly communicated to them. A few days prior to cutover, communicate the timing of the cutover to users. And then the day of the cutover, send another reminder to ensure end-users are aware of… […]
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Disable Antivirus
Antivirus scanning can significantly reduce migration performance and can potentially lead to migration failures. The most reliable way to ensure antivirus scanning doesn’t interfere with migration processing is to disable antivirus on all machines performing migrations. However, we realize this can introduce security concerns that are prohibitive for many organizations. Create Directory ExclusionsAlternatively, you can… […]
Disable Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a policy that requires the account owner to verify login attempts with a second device of their choosing. It is recommended you disable all MFA policies prior to configuration. Multi-factor authentication can be enabled by administrative policy or by end users, depending on the email system. Multi-factor authentication requires the account… […]
Drive ID collection scripts
When migrating files in Shared Drives (i.e. Google Shared Drives or SharePoint document libraries), drive IDs are required in the Define Drives list in Transend Migration Console. Google Shared Drive ID’s can be obtained from the Google Workspace UI, but SharePoint document library ID’s cannot. To make drive IDs easier to obtain, use the below… […]
Google Drive ID collection script
Use the below Google Drive 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 Google Cloud console. Click the project… […]
Inventory Google Workspace Data Usage
To inventory end-user Gmail and Drive usage, follow the below instructions. To inventory Shared Drive usage, follow the instructions in the second section. User Gmail & Drive UsageLogin to Google Admin — https://admin.google.com/ Click on Users. Email usage should display by default. If Drive is not displayed in your current view, click on the Manage… […]
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… […]
Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 (OneDrive/SharePoint)
When migrating files between Microsoft 365 tenants, Transend uses a combination of proprietary tooling and field-tested methodology to deliver maximum data fidelity. It is important to understand the various considerations when migrating data between OneDrive/SharePoint environments. Default behaviorUser Drives When migrating files from OneDrive to OneDrive, the Copy operation only migrates files that meet specific… […]
Google Drive: Move v Copy operations
When migrating files between Google Drives, the primary differences between the Move and Copy operations are as follows: Data fidelity:Move: Data fidelity remains perfectly maintained with no formatting changes whatsoever. This is because we are not recreating the file, and are instead simply changing pointers on the server side to the original source file. Comments… […]
Microsoft SharePoint Provisioning
Transend can programmatically provision Shared Drives in Microsoft SharePoint as a service. What is Supported?Transend supports provisioning of Microsoft 365 Shared Drives with Membership permissions. Communication and Team Sites are supported (which are the two choices you have by default when creating a Site in the SharePoint UI). These are the two modern Site types… […]
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