Office 365 Public Folder mailbox limits and what they mean for migration

Public Folder Limits in Office 365 Exchange Online.

Microsoft’s Office 365 Public Folder mailboxes are the new home for legacy or any Exchange on-premise public folders. But not so fast! Sizing limits of Office 365 Public Folders are important to consider before doing a migration. Your current public folder hierarchy may not fit so nicely into the “modern” Office 365 Public Folder Mailbox architecture […]

Migrate Multiple Public Folder Hierarchies into Office 365

Migrating multiple Public Folder Hierarchies into Office 365 can be a difficult task. Your options are to merge them yourself, pick one to remove, or do nothing. The process is slow, messy, and wrought with tension in trying to come to an agreement with the business or businesses involved. Public Folders often exist to fulfill […]

Common Pitfalls of Public Folder Migrations

At first glance, Public Folders appear to be easy to migrate. They’re a part of Microsoft Exchange. They have their own database. If they’re modern public folders, they exist within mailboxes, which means they’re part of a Database Availability Group (DAG). The DAG should be able to easily migrate over. It’s because of this that Public […]