Streamlining Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migration with Cloudiway Orchestrator

Migrating data across Microsoft 365 tenants—whether due to mergers, acquisitions, or restructurings—can be a highly complex and demanding process. Traditionally, organizations relied on Microsoft's native migration tools, which, while powerful, require deep PowerShell experience, manual configurations, and lack a user-friendly graphical interface. This steep learning curve often slows down projects and introduces risk.

Cloudiway’s Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Orchestrator is designed to dramatically simplify and automate the entire cross-tenant migration process, eliminating the hurdles and technical barriers of native solutions.

Key Benefits of Cloudiway Orchestrator

• Free Graphical Interface: No more dealing with complex PowerShell commands; users manage every migration stage through an intuitive visual dashboard.
• Automated Setup and Provisioning: The orchestrator configures both source and target tenants automatically, provisions users and groups, assigns licenses, and validates migration prerequisites.
• Smart Validation & Error Handling: The platform detects errors during setup, proposes remediations, and validates batches to ensure worry-free migrations.
• Reliable and User-friendly: Automated processes and pre-migration checks reduce downtime and risk, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic tasks rather than troubleshooting migrations.
• Time-Saving: Account detection and batch migrations can be triggered in just a few clicks, expediting large and complex migration projects.

Features Overview

1. Automated Setup

All configurations for both source and target tenants are handled without any need to manually edit scripts or run PowerShell commands.

2. Provisioning Users & Groups

The platform populates user data and sets attributes as needed. Even group memberships are preserved and migrated.

3. Automatic License Assignments

User licenses for migration are assigned automatically, reducing potential compliance issues or user access gaps.

4. Comprehensive Validation

Migration batches and pre-requisites are validated, minimizing the chance of last-minute surprises.

5. Migration Management

Supports both Exchange Online mailbox and OneDrive for Business migrations, including folder structures, documents, spreadsheets, slideshows, permissions, metadata, and revisions. Shared mailboxes and their permissions, which may be broken by native tools, are restored by Cloudiway.

6. Decommissioning Post-Migration

Once data transfer is complete, unnecessary configuration and temporary set-ups are automatically removed to leave a clean, secure environment.

What Does Cloudiway Orchestrator Cover?

• User and Group Reprovisioning: Seamless migration of users and groups between tenants.
• Mailbox Management: Mailboxes and shared mailboxes are recreated and migrated, with permissions and SendOnBehalf attributes restored.
• OneDrive Migration: All user folders, documents, spreadsheets, and metadata/permissions are moved without losses.
• Zero Disruption: Users encounter only minimal read-only periods for OneDrive, and mailbox access shifts instantly to the target tenant once the migration is complete.

Licensing for Microsoft Migration

While Cloudiway provides a free orchestration platform, you must purchase Microsoft’s native Cross Tenant User Data Migration add-on licenses for each user. These licenses can only be purchased under an Enterprise agreement with at least 500 users and are bought directly from Microsoft.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can the source and target tenants use the same domain name? No, domain names must differ for migration to work.
• What types of data are migrated? User-visible content only: email, contacts, calendar items, tasks, and notes.
• What happens after migration? The source mailbox is permanently deleted and inaccessible in the original tenant.
• Are permissions preserved? Yes. Unlike Microsoft’s native migration, Cloudiway restores broken permissions (including SendOnBehalf and group memberships).
• Can migration be reversed? Yes, but you must repeat all preparation and configuration steps.
• Is there downtime? Downtime is minimized: brief read-only periods for OneDrive and mailbox access switches after migration.

In summary:

Cloudiway Orchestrator transforms what was once a manual, error-prone operation into a fast, automated, and user-friendly experience. By handling all the heavy lifting—from setup and provisioning to validation and remediation—Cloudiway empowers organizations to execute Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations securely and efficiently, without needing scripting or deep technical knowledge.

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