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Microsoft 365 Migration in Naples, FL

Moving your business email to Microsoft 365 shouldn’t cost you a lost day, missing messages, or a week of “where did my calendar go?” Naples Computers, Inc. has handled Microsoft 365 migration for Naples businesses hundreds of times, and we use a zero-downtime method: your new Microsoft 365 mailboxes are fully built and loaded before a single email is rerouted. Your team keeps working the whole time, and on cutover day the change is quick and quiet.

Who Our Microsoft 365 Migration Service Is For

We work with small and mid-sized businesses, professional offices and nonprofits in Naples, Bonita Springs, Marco Island, Estero, Fort Myers and the rest of Southwest Florida. Whatever you’re running today, we’ve moved it before:

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What We Move to Microsoft 365

A migration is more than copying the inbox. We plan for everything your people rely on every day:

  • Email — every folder, including Sent Items and the folders people have built up over the years.
  • Calendars — appointments, recurring meetings and shared calendars.
  • Contacts — personal contacts and address books.
  • Shared mailboxes — addresses like info@, sales@ or billing@ that several people watch.
  • Files — documents moved into OneDrive and SharePoint, organized so the right people have access.
  • PST archives — old Outlook data files brought back into the mailbox (or into an archive mailbox, when your license includes one) so they’re searchable again.

Not sure what a PST file is or whether you have any? Our how-to guide shows how to open and close a PST file in Microsoft Outlook.

How Our Zero-Downtime Migration Works

Your domain’s MX records tell the rest of the internet where to deliver your email. Plenty of migrations go wrong because the MX records get switched first and everything else gets built afterward, while mail is already landing in empty mailboxes.

We do it the other way around. We build the new Microsoft 365 tenant and every mailbox completely, then copy your mail, calendars and contacts across in advance while you keep working in your current system. The MX records stay exactly where they are until everything is built and synced. Only then do we switch the MX records to Microsoft 365 and run a final sync to pick up any messages that arrived at the old system during the change.

The result: no gap in mail delivery, and nobody has to stop working while the bulk of the data moves.

Our Step-by-Step Microsoft 365 Migration Process

  1. Assessment. We inventory your mailboxes, shared mailboxes, aliases, mailbox sizes, devices and DNS, plus anything else that sends email, such as scanners, copiers and business applications. Then we recommend the right Microsoft 365 licenses.
  2. Tenant build. We set up your Microsoft 365 tenant, verify your domain, and create users, licenses, shared mailboxes, aliases and groups.
  3. Pre-copy. Email, calendars and contacts are copied into the new mailboxes in the background while your team works normally.
  4. MX hold. Your MX records stay pointed at the old system until the new one is fully built and synced.
  5. Cutover. At a time we agree on together, we switch your MX records and update the other DNS records Microsoft 365 needs, such as Autodiscover and SPF.
  6. Final sync. We run one last pass to catch any messages that arrived during the switch.
  7. Outlook and phone setup. We connect Outlook on computers, phones and tablets, on-site in Naples or remotely.
  8. Training. We show your team what’s changed and how to sign in securely.
  9. Cleanup. We confirm everything arrived, repoint scanners and other devices, and help you retire the old service once you’re comfortable.

Plan Your Microsoft 365 Migration

Talk to a local Microsoft Partner about moving your business email. Call 239-513-1960 for a free migration plan, or send us a message.

Security We Set Up During Your Migration

A migration is the perfect time to tighten security, because every account is being touched anyway.

  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for every user, so a stolen password alone isn’t enough to get into a mailbox. Learn more about two-factor authentication setup.
  • Spam and phishing filtering with N-able Mail Assure, which screens incoming mail before it reaches your team’s inboxes.
  • Clean DNS records for Microsoft 365, set up correctly the first time.

We’ll also talk with you about backing up your Microsoft 365 data, so you know exactly what’s protected and how.

Why Naples Businesses Choose Naples Computers

  • Locally owned since 1993. We’ve been supporting Southwest Florida businesses for more than three decades.
  • Microsoft Partner. Microsoft 365 is a core part of what we do every day.
  • Hundreds of migrations completed from every common starting point: Exchange Server, hosted Exchange, GoDaddy, Google Workspace and IMAP/POP.
  • On-site, remote or walk-in. We come to your office anywhere in the Naples area, help remotely, or you can visit our shop at 2308 Immokalee Rd.

After the Migration: Ongoing Microsoft 365 Management

Once you’re on Microsoft 365, someone still needs to add and remove users, manage licenses, keep security settings current and answer the “how do I…” questions. Our Microsoft 365 management service handles that, and our managed IT services cover the computers, network and security around it. See all of our business IT services for the full picture.

Microsoft 365 Migration FAQ

No. We build and fill the new mailboxes before changing your MX records, so mail keeps flowing to your current system until Microsoft 365 is ready. After the switch, a final sync picks up anything that arrived at the old system during the change.

No. The bulk of the data is copied in the background while everyone keeps working. On cutover day, people simply start using Outlook connected to Microsoft 365, and we help set up their computers and phones.

It depends on the number of mailboxes, how much data you have and where it’s coming from. After the assessment, we’ll give you a clear schedule with a cutover date before anything changes.

No. You keep your domain and your email addresses. Only the system behind them changes.

Yes. We can import PST archives into users’ mailboxes, or into an archive mailbox when the license includes one, so old mail is searchable in Outlook again.

That depends on how your team works and what you need for security and file sharing. We’ll recommend licenses as part of your free migration plan and explain the differences in plain English.

Yes. We work on-site throughout Naples and Southwest Florida, help remotely, and welcome walk-ins at our shop at 2308 Immokalee Rd.

Ready to Move to Microsoft 365?

Call 239-513-1960 or use our contact form for a free migration plan. We’ll walk through your current setup and lay out every step. We Make I.T. Happen!™

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