Office 365 migrating out is a nightmare

digp · 6 Sep 2022, 05:23 AM

Has anyone tried to do this recently?

It is next to impossible to migrate out & must be deliberately done.

Tech giants really need controlling by governments.

soromak · 6 Sep 2022, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digp

Has anyone tried to do this recently?

It is next to impossible to migrate out & must be deliberately done.

Tech giants really need controlling by governments.

Agreed. Assume you mean data migration, right? Even migrating from tenant to tenant within Office 365 is not an easy task.
An easier option is to pay for an external application (sometimes even recommended by MS), or to Google (with their tools is easier but not pain free, either).

TenFour · 6 Sep 2022, 09:13 PM

What is so difficult to migrate? I'm not surprised that companies don't invest much time or effort in making it easy for people to leave their services. But, on the other hand it is pretty easy to do things like download folders from OneDrive and then reupload them to some other service.

digp · 6 Sep 2022, 11:31 PM

Data migration, e.g. email, calendar, contacts.

Try it and you will see what I mean.

It is an absolute nightmare.

I resorted - as it was for a single user - to doing it manually.

It is definitely done deliberately. No doubt about that.

digp · 6 Sep 2022, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by soromak

Agreed. Assume you mean data migration, right? Even migrating from tenant to tenant within Office 365 is not an easy task.
An easier option is to pay for an external application (sometimes even recommended by MS), or to Google (with their tools is easier but not pain free, either).

Yes.

Even with imap enabled, app password created, it would not allow the migration. I was not prepared to purchase a further license (which was what was probably needed). The MS documentation is opaque and non MS guides use screenshots which are out of date and basically Exchange/o365 back panel sucks.

soromak · 7 Sep 2022, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digp

Data migration, e.g. email, calendar, contacts.

Try it and you will see what I mean.

It is an absolute nightmare.

I resorted - as it was for a single user - to doing it manually.

It is definitely done deliberately. No doubt about that.

I did such migration from one MS tenant to another. Real pain.
And think about migration of OneDrive/sharepoint.
Microsoft has hidden traffic limits. The process is not slowing down after you cross certain amount of data. It just stops for some time...

6 Sep 2022, 05:23 AM	#1
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,320	Office 365 migrating out is a nightmare Has anyone tried to do this recently? It is next to impossible to migrate out & must be deliberately done. Tech giants really need controlling by governments.

6 Sep 2022, 09:13 PM	#3
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,722	What is so difficult to migrate? I'm not surprised that companies don't invest much time or effort in making it easy for people to leave their services. But, on the other hand it is pretty easy to do things like download folders from OneDrive and then reupload them to some other service.

6 Sep 2022, 11:31 PM	#4
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,320	Data migration, e.g. email, calendar, contacts. Try it and you will see what I mean. It is an absolute nightmare. I resorted - as it was for a single user - to doing it manually. It is definitely done deliberately. No doubt about that.