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Industry-leading Microsoft Teams Migration Services

Microsoft Teams is the future – it’s being embraced around the world as a premier option for collaboration. With Teams, you can hold individual chats with colleagues, conduct group video meetings, store files centrally, share documents instantly and organise communication into channels for easy access.

If you’re not using Microsoft Teams already, now is a good time to consider it. It’s Microsoft’s fastest growing app, and since remote working from home became the norm, companies across the world have taken to conducting work within the collaboration tool while utilising the benefits of Microsoft 365 Business Voice.

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Why you should be thinking about migrating to Microsoft Teams

Ultimately, it’s about getting the best value, most functionality and top service level for you and your business. Teams is informed by years of Microsoft learnings and development and talks to other apps and services that you already use. It’s more often than not a simpler, more effective and better value tool for digital-focussed businesses.

If you’re using another third party file sharing or storage application

Microsoft Office is used by more than a million companies worldwide. If you’re one of them, and you’re also paying for or using another third party service for collaboration, now’s the time to make the switch.

Though anyone can access the free version of Microsoft Teams, the premium version is included in the Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Business Standard plans, as well as in the Office 365 E3 package. With the Microsoft 365 Teams plans you get 1TB of cloud storage included per user, and unlimited storage with the E3 plan.

If you’re using a different conferencing service

Zoom has almost become a synonym for video conferencing these days, with many assuming it is the default and best tool. However, as we explain in there are actually a few good reasons businesses may wish to swap to Microsoft Teams for video calls vs Zoom.

For example, the free Zoom platform only allows calls for up to 40 minutes before cutting you off – and the upgrade for unlimited calling costs £11.99 per month. On the other hand, while the free version of Teams allows meetings of up to an hour, the other plans offer 24-hour calls – with the Business Basic licence costing just £3.80 per month, and including access to a host of Microsoft applications, 50GB mailbox hosting and Microsoft web support 24/7.

There’s also Slack, which offers one to one calls on its free version and calls with up to 15 people with the paid plan. In comparison, the Teams free plan allows for calls to have up to 100 participants, with paid versions offering between 300 and 10,000 attendees.

Larger enterprise companies in particular will find the Teams interface, user capability, conferencing facilities and seamless integration with a range of Microsoft and third party apps great for collaboration.

If you currently rely on Skype for Business

Even if you’re an existing Microsoft user turning to Skype for your video calling needs, it’s time to make the move to Teams. As of the 31st July 2021, Microsoft Teams will replace Skype for Business, which is being retired by Microsoft. The vast capabilities of Teams and its interactivity with other Microsoft apps will make this a beneficial move for your business.

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What does a Microsoft Teams migration involve?

Obviously with any migration, you’ll be moving and transferring a lot of data. How much, what kind and where from depends on the kind of migration you’ll be doing.

If you’re moving from another platform (like Skype for Business online or Slack), you’ll need to transfer and convert everything – including user data, files, downloads, passwords, associated apps and any external third party storage information.

If you’re currently only using email as your main communication tool, a Teams migration will involve setting up users and making sure any centrally saved documents or attachments are in a compatible location.

If it’s a tenant-to-tenant migration of Teams – perhaps moving from one system to another, or in the case of a merger or acquisition for example, you’ll need to consolidate all of your Teams data before moving it. This isn’t as simple as it sounds, either; because Teams interacts and integrates with so many other elements of the Microsoft Office 365 suite, resources and data are stored in multiple locations. For example you might have a SharePoint site with communal files and shared documents, an Exchange mail system for users, an Azure system for media files, and OneDrive storage for other business assets.

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What does a Valto Teams migration service include?

Initial Microsoft Teams consultation and audit
End to end migration of all your users, files and data
Complete set up for all your team
Training and tutorials so you can hit the ground running
Long-term support, guidance and troubleshooting

Migration tools – worth the hype?

When it comes to any online data migration, you’ll find a number of so called “all in one” migration tools and applications claiming to get the job done, automated and hassle-free. Some of these tools offer fast, reliable and easy transfer of data onto Microsoft Teams – moving all your user accounts and relevant files over in one click so you’re ready to go.

While that sounds good, and seems in line with our world that’s getting more digital by the day, there are actually several drawbacks to using an automated tool for your Microsoft Teams migration.

Pros and Cons of Automated Migration Tools

Pros

Fast
Automated
No user interference involved

Cons

Difficult to customise
Tough to manage if there’s a fault
No long term support or back up

Let Microsoft experts handle your migration

Using a recognised, accredited, and an official Microsoft Partner like Valto for your Teams migration takes all the hassle out of it – just like using a tool – but also guarantees you peace of mind, support and the option to tailor-make your Microsoft platform.

What can go wrong with Migration Tools?

Some of the common issues with automated or self-led migrations involve data loss, file corruption, system delays and unsupported functionality. With Valto, you don’t need to worry about any of that – we take all the hassle and effort out of the process and handle your Teams migration from start to finish. We’ll take care of all the usual pitfalls, set up every user in your business straight away, and make sure you’re ready to get up and running for remote working and beyond.