The article below is dated, as I wrote it before the release of Exchange Online or of modern hosted Exchange platforms. But it has a list of very good questions to ask and investigate:
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/12/17/moving-from-in-house-exchange-to-hosted-exchange.aspx From: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au [mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinion requested Thank you for your response. comments in-line Kind regards, Brian Dwyer Senior System Administrator | ICT Operations Information Technology Branch | Department of Transport and Main Roads ________________________________ Floor B1 | Spring Hill Office Complex | 477 Boundary Street | Spring Hill Qld 4000 GPO Box 1412 | Brisbane Qld 4001 P: (07) 30661185 | F: (07) 30668811 M: 0402 897 959 E: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au<http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/> [Inactive hide details for "Michael B. Smith" ---19/04/2013 10:39:39 AM---There are SOOO many questions. Average mailbox size?]"Michael B. Smith" ---19/04/2013 10:39:39 AM---There are SOOO many questions. Average mailbox size? From: "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>, Date: 19/04/2013 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Opinion requested ________________________________ There are SOOO many questions. Average mailbox size? 1.75 GB What will be migrated? Notes mail DB's The organisation has made the decision to migrate the mail component of the Notes/Domino environment to Exchange What custom applications are required? - Domino/Notes is used for many customized internal workflow applications - none of these are candidates for migration to Exchange - They potentially may end up being migrated to Sharepoint Etc. etc. etc. From: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> [mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Opinion requested Migrating from Lotus Notes to Exchange (version 2013) Current environment - Approximately 10,000 Lotus Notes users with mailboxes dispersed over 115 Servers in over 60 sites 2 data centers Seeking input on what others recommend as a the most cost effective solution long term - * Cloud, or * in-house Kind regards, Brian Dwyer Senior System Administrator | ICT Operations P: (07) 30661185 | F: (07) 30668811 M: 0402 897 959 E: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au<http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/> *********************************************************************** WARNING: This email (including any attachments) may contain legally privileged, confidential or private information and may be protected by copyright. You may only use it if you are the person(s) it was intended to be sent to and if you use it in an authorised way. No one is allowed to use, review, alter, transmit, disclose, distribute, print or copy this email without appropriate authority. If this email was not intended for you and was sent to you by mistake, please telephone or email me immediately, destroy any hardcopies of this email and delete it and any copies of it from your computer system. Any right which the sender may have under copyright law, and any legal privilege and confidentiality attached to this email is not waived or destroyed by that mistake. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email does not contain and is not affected by computer viruses, defects or interference by third parties or replication problems (including incompatibility with your computer system). Opinions contained in this email do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, or endorsed organisations utilising the same infrastructure. *********************************************************************** --- To manage subscriptions click here: or send an email to with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: or send an email to with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: or send an email to with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: or send an email to with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
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