Apr 17 2017 04:57 AM
Dear all,
I'm not an Exchange Expert so I would like to have your inputs in regards of recommendations to migrate Exchange 2013 Public Folders to EXO using the Hybrid approach cc @Vasil Michev @Tony Redmond @Paul Cunningham
Apr 17 2017 05:39 AM
The important thing to remember is that even in a hybrid deployment, public folders can only exist in one place. Or rather, users can either access on-premises PFs or cloud PFs, but they cannot access folders in both places. So you have to make a choice where to host the PFs. My vote is in the cloud, but others prefer on-premises...
Apr 17 2017 05:45 AM
Apr 17 2017 05:51 AM
SolutionIf you have either old-style or modern PFs on Exchange 2013/2016, you can use the Microsoft tools to move them to EXO. See https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2017/03/20/announcing-the-availability-of-modern-public... for the latest on this topic.
You use third-party tools when you a) want more control or flexibility with the migration (Binary Tree E2E Complete allows this) or b) you want to move PFs to non-PF destinations. Given the range of collaboration modalities available in Office 365, a good case can be made to move data out of PFs to shared mailboxes or Office 365 Groups. QUADROtech's ADAM tool will do that for you (http://www.quadrotech-it.com/products/adam/). QUADROtech also offers a free analysis tool that you can run against a PF hierarchy to understand what data is actually present (and more importantly, is used) to help decide the best destination for PFs.
TR
Apr 17 2017 05:56 AM
Apr 17 2017 05:51 AM
SolutionIf you have either old-style or modern PFs on Exchange 2013/2016, you can use the Microsoft tools to move them to EXO. See https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2017/03/20/announcing-the-availability-of-modern-public... for the latest on this topic.
You use third-party tools when you a) want more control or flexibility with the migration (Binary Tree E2E Complete allows this) or b) you want to move PFs to non-PF destinations. Given the range of collaboration modalities available in Office 365, a good case can be made to move data out of PFs to shared mailboxes or Office 365 Groups. QUADROtech's ADAM tool will do that for you (http://www.quadrotech-it.com/products/adam/). QUADROtech also offers a free analysis tool that you can run against a PF hierarchy to understand what data is actually present (and more importantly, is used) to help decide the best destination for PFs.
TR