Plan for Success when Migrating from GroupWise to Office 365

Many organizations using Novell^® GroupWise^® are making important decisions regarding the future of their messaging and collaboration platform. For those that chose a hosted platform like Microsoft^® Office 365^®, the change is significant. As a result, proper planning is essential to minimize the impact to the organization and ensure an optimal transition to the new environment.

This paper analyzes the information and steps required to deliver an efficient and cost-effective transition from Novell GroupWise. Moreover, it identifies critical planning and configuration considerations specific to Office 365 that will determine the outcome and how the transition is viewed throughout the organization.