How to migrate from MS Exchange to OX Hans-Jörg Happel, audriga

How to migrate
from MS Exchange to OX
Hans-Jörg Happel, audriga
Contents
► Introduction
audriga
► Migration scenarios
► audriga groupware migration
► Demo
► Frequently asked questions
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Facts and Figures about audriga
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Founded 2011 in Karlsruhe, Germany
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Award-winning groupware migration service
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Partnering with hosters and service providers
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Reasons for migrating
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Switch to another product
 E.g. Exchange  OX or cPanel IMAP  OX
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Switch to a newer release
 E.g. Exchange 2007  Exchange 2013 or OX6  OX App Suite
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Switch to another provider
 E.g. customer moves from GoDaddy to 1&1
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Switching into the cloud
 E.g. customer moving on-premise OX server to a hosted OX platform
 Migration may be driven by Hoster or by an individual customer
Types of migration projects
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Cutover („big bang“) migration
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All mailboxes/whole infrastrcture migrated at once
E.g. Hoster switching his email/groupware/webmail infrastructure
Source and destination servers do not coexist for longer
Carefully planned projects
Staged migration
 Mailboxes migrated individually/in batches
 E.g. customer switching hosters
 Source and destination servers coexist
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Hybrid migration
 Parallel usage of source and destination system (Not further discussed
here)
audriga groupware migration
SaaS-Service
(groupware-migration.com)
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Browser-based migration
 Can be instantly used
 Customer self-service or by
support statt
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Supporting
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IMAP  IMAP
OX  OX
Exchange  Exchange
Exchange  OX
(More upon request)
NEW
audriga migration toolsuite
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Project-based migrations
for hosters & telcos
Supporting
 IMAP-servers (Dovecot,
Cyrus, Courier etc.)
 Groupware (OX, Exchange,
Google Apps, Zimbra, …)
 Webmail systems (Horde,
Squirrelmail, …)
How to use
SaaS-Service
(groupware-migration.com)
► Simply open
www.groupware-migration.com 
https://umzug.audriga.com/SMESw
itchWebApp/?client=groupware
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Pay directly by Paypal or get
voucher codes from audriga
before migrating
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Pricing: per mailbox fee
audriga migration toolsuite
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File a request to audriga
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Pricing: project-based
LIVE DEMO
Exchange mailbox with data inside
Empty OX App suite mailbox
https://umzug.audriga.com/SMESwitchWebApp/?client=groupware
Advantages compared to
(PST)-Import/Export Tools
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Better migration experience
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Instantly available (no software installation)
Easy to use (no expert knowledge required)
Plannable (shows time estimation)
Low management overhead (can run timed & over night/weekend)
Automatic problem handling (server disconnects etc.)
Duplicate detection
Extensive reporting
Scalability & parallelization built-in
Better mailbox user experience
 No file export/import interaction
 Data created during migration can be synced (Delta migration)
Supported providers & servers
► Supports any Exchange server (2007-2013) and any
OX server (>6.2x)
 Web service interface (EWS / OX API) has to be
accessible via Internet
► Many common providers are preconfigured
 Preconfiguration makes it easier for customers and
allows for optimized parallelization settings
 Get listed for free:
https://www.migrate-mail.com/en/hosters/listing-as-adestination-provider.html
Frequently asked questions
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How to integrate the migration service?
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How to bundle migration services for cutomer onboarding?
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Not yet, but could be integrated upon customer request
How to use the service when transfering domains?
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Host Europe Example: one free migration for every new customer; additional migrations in the Host
Europe shop
Is it possible to provision destination accounts?
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Very easy integration using parametrized URLs
More sophisticated integration (white-label, API) also possible
Free delta migration allows to sync new mails & groupware data in a second pass
What about data security?
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Data is directly copied, not streamed
Data processing contract for business customers
Migration Services by audriga
SIMPLE: Browser-based – no software
installation – no tedious configuration
FAST: Parallel migration of multiple mailboxes
on the audriga cloud infrastructure
PLANABLE: Down times are minimized due to
planable migrations
SECURE: Data privacy and IT security in
compliance with German and EU laws
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audriga solves problem that hosters need to solve
“(...) the typical end user is very reluctant to switch email
providers as it is.
A migration tool like audriga (..) breaks down this barrier and
helps hosters get more email hosted.”
https://umzug.audriga.com/SMESwitchWebApp/?client=groupware
Just try it out (Voucher: „oxWebinar“)
audriga GmbH
Hans-Jörg Happel
[email protected]
+49 (0)721 170 293 16