MS Exchange facilitates the better cost of ownership, integration flexibility, and ease of use and management. And any of the listed points or all of them could be the reason for users to migrate to Exchange. If you are from the same row who is hustling to get the best procedure, you have come to the right place. Here we are gonna talk about How to migrate GroupWise to Exchange with the best practice possible.
Best Tool to Migrate GroupWise to Exchange:
We all know there is no manual method for the GroupWise to Exchange migration and only third-party tools are available. In the third-party tool, you must look for their features and GUI. Because, if the GUI gets complicated, the users will face trouble to get the best out of it. And if the tool is empty of features, then ease in data handling and desired migration won’t take place. The Shoviv GroupWise to Exchange Migration tool is the tool that fulfills both the criteria and is hence preferred by professionals. First, I will tell you the procedure you need to follow to get this task done, and then we will talk about its features in a while.
How to Migrate GroupWise to Exchange:
When you go through the procedure in the Shoviv tool, you will certainly find it effortless and comfortable. The best part is that Shoviv provides its users with the demo version for free means you can assess it even before purchasing it.
This is a two-phase process in the Shoviv tool. Download the Shoviv GroupWise to Exchange Migration tool on your system and then proceed as follows:
Add GroupWise:
- Hit Add GroupWise from the ribbon bar, after which a wizard will appear.
- Choose any of the modes from the Default, Online (include proxy), Caching Mailbox Path, and Remote Mailbox Path, provide essentials accordingly, and hit Next.
Export to Live Exchange Server:
- Hit on Live Exchange from the Export Multiple GroupWise Mailboxes group.
- A list of sub-folders will appear, deal with them accordingly, and hit Next.
- Click the radio button Fetch All Mailboxes from Active Directory, enter credentials, and press Next.
(You can also select Fetch All Mailboxes from Outlook Profile if you have it configured.)
- Now validate target and perform mailbox mapping and proceed when done.
- Filter the data based on item type by clicking the checkbox next to the desired item type, then choosing the Message date from the drop-down list. You are also facilitated here with the Folder Mapping feature; use it conveniently and hit Next.
- The migration process will start to save the report when it completes and consequently hit Finish.
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Noticeable Features:
- Add GroupWise: This tool provides multiple ways to add GroupWise. These ways are Default, Online (Include Proxy), Caching Mailbox Path, and Remote Mailbox Path.
- Folder and Mailbox Mapping: Mapping of folders and mailboxes ensures you a more accurate migration and proves ease in data handling later in usage.
- CSV File: You can use CSV files to add GroupWise mailboxes and for folder and mailbox mapping.
- Item Filters: Filters based on item type and message date and folders themselves brings desired and accurate migration process.
- Outlook Profile: Shoviv GroupWise to Exchange Migration tool also facilitates its users to migrate using configured Outlook profile.
- GroupWise to PST: It does not only performs the migration task but also facilitates you to back up the GroupWise data in PST.
- Data Screening: You can open each and every detail of the mailboxes after their addition to the Shoviv tool. This feature comes in handy when you want to cross-check or see the content of the mailboxes before executing the migration. ???????
Well, this tool has many more features that you can experience for free in its demo version, as discussed above.
