Consolidate your ecosystem under a single, secure and compliant roof.
Email is the lifeblood of your organisation. You need it to function as an integrated part of your technology ecosystem, playing by the same security and governance rules as everything else.
You’re likely already paying for cutting-edge email security and compliance features as part of your existing Microsoft subscription. It’s time to take advantage of those to unify your ecosystem and stop duplicating efforts. Consolidate your admin, reduce your overheads, increase productivity, and improve security and compliance coverage and response times. Say goodbye to data siloes and bring your email home.
As Gold certified Microsoft partners with decades of migration experience, getting your email data out of third-party solutions and into your Microsoft environment is all in a day’s work. What sets us apart is our commitment to achieving more than just a successful migration.
Our goal is to help you fully leverage the functionality available within Microsoft to not just replicate, but improve on the email archiving capabilities you had before. Together, we’ll help you achieve a secure, compliant and consolidated environment, and lay the foundations you need to take advantage of future innovations.
On Microsoft’s capabilities and security and compliance approach.
On security and compliance from both technical and legal experts.
Of the migration to Microsoft online, including legacy data extraction, preparation, mapping, clean-up and import.
With ongoing journaling if necessary.
That positions you for optimal security and compliance and prepares you for future innovations and technologies.
Led by an experienced project manager.
For the deployment phase.
Embracing Microsoft cloud for email retention requires a mind shift from the old days of traditional archives. Especially if you’re fully embracing Microsoft 365 security features.
As you transition from your third party solution we can help you with:
Legacy email archives can slow down cloud adoption by creating accessibility, compliance, and security challenges. Migrating email to Microsoft 365 centralises data, making it easier for users to access historical emails within the tools they already use. It also ensures that emails are protected by Microsoft’s built-in security features, while governance tools like retention policies and eDiscovery help organisations meet compliance requirements.
By eliminating outdated archive systems, businesses can simplify IT management and fully embrace the benefits of a modern, cloud-first approach.
Decommissioning legacy email archives can be complex, with several key challenges to consider:
With the right strategy and expertise, organisations can overcome these challenges and move away from costly, outdated archive platforms without compromising security or compliance.
Without a defined strategy, migrations risk compliance gaps, data loss, or unnecessary costs. A structured approach ensures alignment with security policies, retention needs, and operational requirements.
Microsoft 365 offers a range of built-in features to help organisations manage email retention and compliance, including:
These features ensure organisations can effectively manage email preservation while maintaining security and compliance.
Migrating from legacy email archives to Microsoft 365’s built-in retention management offers several key benefits:
Preserving metadata during journal data extraction is critical for maintaining email integrity, compliance, and eDiscovery capabilities. Best practices include:
Following these best practices ensures that email records remain legally defensible and fully searchable in Microsoft 365.
Great team of responsive and skilled professionals that feel like an extension of our IT team. A partner not a vendor.
The Cloud Essentials’ team have shown they are a partner, not just a supplier. The company we acquired advised that the IT integration project was the most successful part of their conversion to join us, which is a reflection on everyone involved. Thank you!
Job well done! I appreciate your knowledge, expertise, and teamwork/engagement which contributed to a successful migration/cutover.
"Cloud Essentials performed a mail migration for our Institute of Astronomy, from a legacy Microsoft Exchange server to the University Microsoft 365 Tenancy. Cloud Essentials were extremely professional from start to finish. They understood our Higher Education context. They were very flexible when setting the timeline when we had some challenges in our availability to support the work. Their staff were helpful and friendly. They demonstrated great expertise and guided us throughout the process. The migration itself was smooth and fast. Great service by a great team! I would recommend and use their services again."
“This has been very refreshing. And Cloud Essentials have been not just an implementer, but a trusted partner. They’ve effectively become our ‘SharePoint arm’ within the company. They haven’t taken a cookie-cutter approach with something from another environment, but have genuinely wanted to find the best way to help us.”
"Cloud Essentials carried out a very professional service. They stayed cool, calm and collected. I’m sure it won’t be the last time we work with Cloud Essentials."
It is no small achievement to reduce a corporate enterprise data footprint this significantly in a responsible, well planned and executed manner.
“Cloud Essentials understand the importance of carrying out a project the right way, no matter the size of it. They don’t take any short cuts.”
“This was a smooth migration with very little impact on the business during the changeover, we would definitely use Cloud Essentials and the Binary Tree toolset again if we need to do another migration!”
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