A US-based company acquired another company to expand its business and solutions to a wider audience. Mergers and Acquisitions primarily focus on solidifying the company’s standing, integrating IT systems, achieving growth and innovation. Thus, this move proved useful to the business, however, they experienced a lack of expertise to migrate the data from the acquired company to a single tenant.
Migrating data to a single tenant requires sourcing data and information from multiple sources(separate databases, systems, applications, or tenants) to a unified and centralized environment with the company’s tenant architecture. This process aims to consolidate resources, improve efficiency, simplify management, and ensure consistent security and compliance within one organizational domain. Since the parent company was short on professional techs, they decided to partner with Worksent to resolve this problem.
The process is complex at best, but we have summarized it into three significant points:
The Plan
We conducted a comprehensive prerequisite analysis to ensure a smooth migration of the on-premise Active Directory to a single tenant. This analysis includes assessing existing infrastructure, identifying dependencies, and verifying compatibility with the target environment. Based on our findings, we developed a detailed migration plan structured into two distinct phases. A clear project timeline was established, outlining milestones, deliverables, and contingency measures to ensure seamless implementation and minimal downtime.
Executing And The Results
Following the migration plan, we implemented the first phase by transferring Email, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive to the parent tenant. This phase ensured seamless communication and collaboration across the unified environment. In the second phase, we migrated devices and implemented Intune policies, standardizing device management and security. Each phase was executed with meticulous testing and validation.
Our professional services smoothened the process and benefitted the customer immensely. There was an effective and easy transition of data from the acquired company to the parent company’s domain. Some of the key benefits that received high appreciation were:
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