An on-premises email server gives your organization complete responsibility for email service, maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting. In addition to the technical burden, the company is also responsible for the security of its e-mail service. As data security threats become more complex and pervasive, the cost of protecting your servers will only increase.

With Exchange Online Migration, businesses can leverage the capabilities of hosted business services while avoiding the capital expenditures and associated maintenance costs of traditional on-premises email servers. By comparison, on-premises Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2013 deployments are less efficient and more expensive to maintain. However, before you can use the functionality of the Microsoft Exchange online e-mail system, you must go through a migration process. Before migrating mailboxes, you need to choose a migration method. You may need to define a migration batch, perform a cutover migration, or choose a staged migration. 

Benefits of an Exchange Online Migration

Access from anywhere
Organizations are increasingly using remote workers and connecting multiple offices. Your team may be globally distributed, but you need the ability to work together in an integrated collaborative environment. With the move to Exchange Online, employees will be able to access their email on Cloud PC from anywhere in the world, from any platform. Exchange Online can also support more mailboxes with scalable resources. 

Enable true hybrid flexibility
Hybrid options allow you to take advantage of the scalability and flexibility of a true online solution while providing better security with on-premises Active Directory/Exchange integration. Hybrid flexibility provides all the security features of on-premises services while providing additional resources when needed. Existing facility exchange organizations can be maintained after the move, making the transition easy and intuitive for employees. 

Facilitate real-time collaboration
Exchange Online enables real-time collaboration through Office 365 Groups. Within the Office 365 ecosystem, the Exchange Online service can leverage all other applications connected to Office 365. Documents can be shared and edited in real-time, allowing employees to communicate effectively. 

Initiate legal hold
A “legal hold” is sent when a company determines that a lawsuit will arise. A legal hold freezes all information that may be relevant to a lawsuit. You need to store electronic information for compliance and regulatory requirements, and you need to provide backup and recovery capabilities for accidentally deleted items. Failure to retain electronically stored information on legal hold can ultimately lead to compliance, regulatory, and legal issues for your organization. Exchange Online simplifies this process. 

Set rules and disclaimers for automated email flow
With Exchange Online, administrator accounts can be used to automate many administrative tasks, reducing the burden of managing email services and making email management faster and more consistent. The Exchange admin center delivers an easy way for internal staff to handle its functionality. 

Conclusion
Exchange Online eliminates the overhead associated with regular on-premises email systems. This allows businesses to improve functionality, enhance security, and be more cost-effective. Its advanced features can greatly improve the productivity and efficiency of your business. Apps4Rent helps you migrate without losing your data.