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Migrate my Office 365 accounts
I've migrated a bunch of GoDaddy setups to direct Microsoft 365 and yeah it's more involved than a typical migration since you're dealing with federation.
The main thing is you can't just do a standard mailbox migration - you're actually defederating from GoDaddy's federated identity setup.
We put together a full walkthrough on this since it comes up constantly: https://mstack360.com/break-free-from-godaddy-defederate-to-microsoft-365-the-smart-way/
Basic process is backup everything first, convert federated domains to managed, do the actual migration, then update DNS. The timing matters a lot - GoDaddy federation adds some quirks around domain ownership verification that'll bite you if you don't handle it right.
There's also an FAQ here if you want the quick version: https://mstack360.com/godaddy-de-federation-from-microsoft-365-your-complete-faq-guide/
How many mailboxes are you moving? That'll affect how you approach the cutover timing.