Eliminate Downtime
Mimecast facilitates migration readiness and eliminates downtime during the transition.
Deploy Mimecast for a smooth transition Office 365
Deploying Mimecast prior to the move to Office 365 reduces the risk of downtime and data loss. Moving historical email to the independent Mimecast archive protects data from the increased risks associated with any migration process as well as providing a single consolidated message repository.
In addition, end-users immediately benefit from a 100% service availability SLA. So should there be any planned or unplanned outages, during or after the migration, Mimecast will automatically deliver an uninterrupted email service to end users’ via their Microsoft Outlook mailboxes.
So you're planning migrating to Exchange 2010. Whether you're currently running Exchange 2003 / 2007, or you're moving from Lotus Notes to the Microsoft platform, you have some tricky decisions to make. And some of them involve the cloud.
How do you mitigate risk when migrating to Exchange 2010? Do you need to increase your on-premise hardware footprint, or should you work with a cloud vendor so you can maintain "just enough IT on-site."
Maybe you're considering Microsoft’s Office 365. Is it possible to upgrade your existing system to Exchange 2010 as a stop-off point to Office 365 further down the line, or are you ready to make that move right away and entrust all your email to the Cloud?
What you should know when migrating to Exchange 2010
Exchange 2010 delivers greater deployment flexibility and reliability than ever before. It’s without doubt the best version of Exchange yet.
But before moving to Exchange 2010, IT Managers need to identify and assess the additional risks that may be introduced during the migration process, such as email downtime, data loss, interruptions to policy enforcement, and cost escalation during the migration.
And, in addition to this, they have to take into account the added complexity of managing the ancillary email systems that exist around the mail server.
How does Mimecast help?
Mimecast offers cloud-based email security, continuity and archiving services for Exchange 2010, delivered through a single unified platform. This single solution approach can reduce the risks associated with the complexity of ancillary email systems, as Mimecast provides anti-spam, anti-virus, data leak prevention, email archiving, content control, eDiscovery and continuity services.
Replacing these disparate systems with Mimecast before you start migrating to Exchange 2010 eliminates the additional complexity that these systems introduce, without sacrificing any functionality.
Mimecast’s unified approach also ensures consistent email policy enforcement irrespective of any issues that may impact the organization’s own infrastructure during the migration.
Without Mimecast & With Mimecast
Safely moving to Office 365
With the introduction of Office 365, organizations now have a viable alternative to managing their email system in-house. Lower total cost of ownership (TCO), reduced infrastructure complexity and greater scalability are just some of the advantages on offer to businesses who decide to make the move to Office 365.
However, when considering this move it is important to ensure that all business needs are fulfilled. Executive leadership will need to feel confident that migration will not impact the daily flow of business communications. Legal and compliance teams will want to be sure that regulatory requirements and litigation readiness are addressed. Users must be comfortable that they can readily access and retrieve all critical email data, both new and old. And all of this must be achieved within budget.
