Client background:
US Based Apparel player having approx. 150 outlets. It specializes in its own niche brand plus other brands. Has online as well as store based presence. They had an in-house Data Centre and Saksoft worked with them to identify areas of IT optimization, develop Cloud plans, and then migrate.
Business Challenge
Existing On-Premise Exchange 2010 environment (2 servers) had performance and stability issues
Detailed Architecture was not available, Support was not available, OPEX and CAPEX costs were high
There was no DR, Moreover Exchange 2010 Environment was supposed to go EOL in 2020
Approx.. 475 users were hosted with on premise AD sync, User Mailbox and critical backups were not managed properly
Business Solution
Performed a detailed discovery of the Environment
Proposed O365 Exchange Online solution, Designed the solution to migrate
Hybrid Migration solution was proposed
Business criticality and existing environment stability considered for Hybrid solution
Proposed AD integration with O365 with Azure AD connect and SSO capability for 475 users
Implementation
Designed the Migration Phases keeping in view Business and IT criticality
Integrated Azure AD connect with om-premise AD for authentication
Setup the required O365 tenant and customized the on premise environment
Leveraged Microsoft default stack and best practices to migrate all the mailboxes
Total mailbox size was close to 6 TB
Business Benefits
- Successfully delivered the assignment with cost benefits, completely from offshore
- Seamless migration without major issues
- Migration was completed in 3 weeks as part of the overall project duration of 7 weeks
- Tangible savings of around 25% observed in terms of mailbox consolidation, archival, and costs
- Best practices were implemented.
- Phased wise migration strategy and roll out plan was highly appreciated
- No impact to their core business which was happening through their stores