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Archive mailboxes during migration to O365
Migrating from on premise exchange to Office365.
Active mailboxes will use Business Premium and Essentials licenses with annual commitment (33 users total)
There are some mailboxes for ex...
Hi Wes,
As Cian said you're definitely on the right track. If you're using Business Premium/Essentials then Exchange Online Archiving is required to be able to turn on litigation hold.
Once litigation hold is on, delete the user and they'll be kept as inactive mailboxes for eternity. Some people also use Shared Mailboxes if you still need route-able email and people to log directly into the ex-employee mailboxes
EXOP1 + EOA comes out a little cheaper than EXOP2.
The trick here is to get yourself CSP provider who can supply the licensing at retail or cheaper (if enough seats for them to give you a discount).
Most CSP providers can supply you the licensing at the annual cost price but on a monthly rolling which allows you to be flexible and in your case only take a month hit for the ex-employee's.
As Cian said you're definitely on the right track. If you're using Business Premium/Essentials then Exchange Online Archiving is required to be able to turn on litigation hold.
Once litigation hold is on, delete the user and they'll be kept as inactive mailboxes for eternity. Some people also use Shared Mailboxes if you still need route-able email and people to log directly into the ex-employee mailboxes
EXOP1 + EOA comes out a little cheaper than EXOP2.
The trick here is to get yourself CSP provider who can supply the licensing at retail or cheaper (if enough seats for them to give you a discount).
Most CSP providers can supply you the licensing at the annual cost price but on a monthly rolling which allows you to be flexible and in your case only take a month hit for the ex-employee's.