Express Migration Services include the following services within the Scope of Work: Getting Started

• Dedicated Project Manager & Engineer
• Provide secure access to a dedicated Project Portal
• Provide guidance obtaining customer credentials

Setup & Configuration

• Configure dedicated Migration Farm in secure AWS cloud
• Prepare target platform
  • Register primary domain in target
  • Planning & provisioning of advanced requirements (Advanced Project Type only)
• Build and validate migration software configuration
• Prepare admin or end-user authentication; confirm connectivity to source/target environments
• Confirm DNS cutover date (“Go Live”) and migration schedule

Transition to target environment

• Pre-migrate data in advance of cutover
• Update DNS records to support mail flow into and out of the target environment (“Go Live”)
  • MX records; TXT for Sender Policy Framework (SPF); Autodiscover
• Perform data migration from source to target, including delta jobs
• Confirm results; remediate migration errors

Just because we’re migration experts doesn’t mean we expect you to be!

Express Migration Services are designed to support all types of users and organizations, including those with limited technical skills. Your Project Manager will guide you through providing Transend with requested deliverables. Once we have the requested credentials, we perform all the work from there.

We will ensure all considerations are addressed so there is no downtime or disruption to end-users, and your transition to the new environment is seamless and hassle-free!

Once Express Migration Services are purchased, Transend can started right away!

All Customers will receive an invitation to their dedicated Project Portal within 1-2 business days. Within that Project Portal will be all relevant information and guidance needed to get started.

Most projects can be completed within 1-3 days from the date Transend begins the migration, although the number of accounts and amount of data in scope impact the timeline.

Your dedicated Project Manager and Engineer will be ready to begin right away, and with robust scalability and rapid throughput capabilities, Transend’s optimized technology supports a quick turnaround!

Cutovers are when you officially transition to (or “Go Live”) in the new platform, and all new incoming mail is routed to the new platform. Transend will communicate all relevant considerations leading up to the cutover, and will let you schedule a cutover date that meets your needs.

If Transend performs the cutover (Transend updates DNS records):

• Monday – Thursday (3pm – 5pm US – Central Time).
  • Migration processing will begin immediately after confirming mail flow into the target.

If Customer performs the cutover (Customer updates DNS records):

• After Transend receives confirmation from Customer the DNS cutover has been performed and email is flowing into the target, Transend will begin migration processing immediately during cutover hours (Monday – Thursday, 3pm – 5pm US – Central Time).

Note: if Customer has a need to cutover on Friday or during the weekend, please contact Transend to learn about the options available and additional fees.

Transend will request the following Customer To-Do Items, and will provide detailed guidance how to obtain each item:

• Admin credentials to the source platform
• Admin credentials to the target platform
• User List
• If necessary, DNS registrar credentials

If admin credentials cannot be provided, end-user passwords will be required.

Transend provides an optional “Go Live” Support package. Includes everything below for a one-time fee of $950.

Support:

2-weeks of post-cutover support to Users and Admins via phone, email, and remote screen share, as necessary.

• User Support (Help Desk) – L1 support to Users covering platform access and usage
  • Online access
  • Local desktop client (Outlook)
  • Mobile devices (native app, iOS, Android)
• Administrator (IT) Support – Guidance to administrators related to management features
• Training Materials – online Help Center with feature-based information and guidance
  • User Help Center
  • Admin Help Center

Assessment:

Experts review your platform and make recommendations for optimization.

• Platform review
  • Assessment and discovery
  • Discvoery meeting to understand needs, challenges and goals
• Assessment report
  • Key findings
  • Optimization recommendations

Express Migration Services Terms & Conditions can be viewed here.

One license is required for each user mailbox requiring migration.

It depends on your specific use case. Please Contact Us.

Each licenses allows you to migrate a respective mailbox as many times as necessary. Powerful de-duplication features allow for delta migrations to support both big bang and phased migrations.

Transend Migration Console should only be installed on a single machine. However, depending on the Edition you purchased, you may scale your project by installing Transend Remote Agent(s) on as many machines as your licensed Edition will allow.

Yes, Transend offers discounts for all of the above. Please Contact Us to request discounted pricing.

Absolutely not! You only need to purchase licenses for the number of mailboxes you need to migrate.

Yes. While the newly released Transend Migration Console integrates the exact same migration engine, yet has enhanced functionality that is lacking in Transend Migrator, you may still download, purchase and use Transend Migrator, now called Transend Migrator (Classic).

Effective December 31, 2021, Transend deprecated all support for Transend Migrator (Classic).

Your Edition determines what is included with Support & Maintenance. View the Editions above for respective Support & Maintenance benefits of each.

Yes, Technical Support & Maintenance is included with all purchases.

Yes, Transend offers all levels of support and services, including full end-to-end Professional Services where Transend will perform your migration for you. Please Contact Us for more details.

Transend’s normal support hours are 9am – 5pm (Pacific), Mon – Fri.

Extended Support: If you will be performing a migration during non-business hours, or anticipate a need for support during non-business hours, please contact us to purchase Extended Support. In most cases we require at least 7 days advanced notice so we can schedule a support engineer to be available.

No, Transend does not auto-renew your support package unless you ask us to. We also offer multi-year support packages at a discount. Please Contact Us for more details.

You can purchase online with a credit card or via PayPal.

Alternatively, you can issue a Purchase Order and pay by Wire Transfer, PayPal, or Company Check.

Transend’s remittance address is:

Transend Corporation
Attn: Accounts Receivable 855 14th Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

For wire transfer details or Transend’s Federal Tax ID number, please Contact Us.

Once we receive a valid Purchase Order, we will send you an invoice with net-30 day payment terms (in most cases).

All purchases include 1 year of Support & Maintenance from date of purchase, which allows you to upgrade to the latest version at any time during that term free of charge.

If your Support & Maintenance period has expired, the upgrade fee is 50% of your original purchase price.

All Transend products are available for download on a try-before-you-buy basis.

We provide a free trial of the software to let you fully evaluate our products before making a purchase decision. During your trial, and after you’ve purchased the software, our support staff is available to assist with product usage issues via email or telephone. We strongly recommend that all customers download, install, and test the trial version of any product prior to making a purchase.

In certain instances, if due to technical difficulties or platform incompatibilities the software will not function properly, we may, at our discretion, issue a refund. In such instances, we require that you have contacted (and received) technical support to ensure you have taken all necessary steps to correctly operate the software prior to being eligible for a refund. In order to provide the appropriate level of technical support, Transend requires customers are able to provide software log files, as requested. Unused licenses do not expire and can be used at any time. As such, unused licenses are not subject to refund.

Customers who purchase licenses to migrate to Amazon WorkMail rather than requesting free production licenses are entitled to enhanced Support & Maintenance that free licenses are not bundled with. As such, Transend is not able to offer refunds to paying customers who later request free production licenses to migrate to Amazon WorkMail.

Transend does not offer refunds on service engagements.

Transend Migration Console runs on Windows only. However, there are options for Mac users:

• Boot Camp Assistant – Install Windows 10 on your Mac (free of charge)
• Parallels – run Windows on your Mac
• Launch a Windows VM on your Mac.