Email migration services

We offer several email migration services to our customers at no charge. Our team of email migration experts is here to help you if you have any questions or concerns.

Prerequisites

• Applies to: Administrator
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time needed: Depends on the migration type
• Tools required: Cloud Office Control Panel access

Warning: Special characters in mailbox folder names cause the migration to fail. Before migrating your data, be sure to remove any special characters from your mailbox folders: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = < , > ? / ; : " ' { } [ ] \ | .

For more information about prerequisite terminology, see Cloud Office support terminology.

External migration services

If you are a new customer and need to migrate email data from another provider, we can help. We provide two migration support options to make your transition as easy as possible: self-service migration and assisted migration.

Self-service migration

Run your migration at any time, day or night, with MigrationWiz, which you can access in the Cloud Office Control Panel. For instructions on how to use MigrationWiz, see Migrate your email by using the self-service migration tool.

The self-migration tool includes the following benefits:

• Migrates from any provider to Hosted Exchange®, Rackspace Email, or Rackspace Office 365
• Includes a no-cost migration
• Migrates contacts, calendars, tasks, and notes data when moving from Exchange to Exchange
• Provides real-time email notifications throughout the migration process
• Offers direct access to view your migration status
• Can be accessed from any Internet browser
• Includes 24x7 support provided by a team of email experts

Note: Current customers seeking to upgrade to Microsoft® Office 365® should review Rackspace Email and Microsoft Exchange upgrade to Office 365 FAQ for questions and instructions on the process.

Assisted migration

Assisted migrations are ideal for companies that need help consulting, planning, and scheduling a migration project. Our assisted migration service provides you with peace of mind knowing that the best team of email migration experts is coordinating your migration.

The benefits of choosing an assisted migration include the following elements:

• A migration specialist dedicated to your project
• A custom migration plan based on consultation with your specialist
• A scheduled time slot with your specialist to perform your migration
• Timely updates from your specialist throughout the process
• Documentation and recommendations on managing the migration for your end-users

Assisted Migrations are a partnership between your company and our team of experts. Throughout the process, we will require some action and information from you.

Migrations vary based on the type of mailboxes we are migrating to and from. See the following chart for a list of which services migrate with assisted migration:

Rackspace archive services

Internal migration services

The Rackspace internal migration services can help you rename email accounts, change domain names, switch to a new email platform, and more. Submit a request by using a ticket, and we take care of the rest.

Note: Charges for internal migration services are applied to the next month’s statement.

Self-service Exchange Upgrade Tool

Customers can schedule and run their own Hosted Exchange upgrades at rackspacemigrations.com. For more information, see Upgrading to Exchange 2016.