Zimbra Migration
Looking for an alternative to Zimbra, time to move away and migrate your Zimbra infrastructure to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
Zimbra Migration with Cloudiway
Benefits:
- Security, performance, nothing to install.
- The benefits of the Cloudiway SAAS Platform
- High speed Throughput
Administrative level solution:
- Migrate your users from a central interface
Self service mode:
- You cannot create an administrator account that have access to all mailboxes? Let the users migrate themselves!
Zimbra to Microsoft 365 Migration Tool
Your business requirements are becoming more complex and you need to move away from Zimbra.
Easily migrate from Zimbra to Microsoft 365.
Zimbra to Google Workspace Migration Tool
Your are ready to move to Google Workspace and you’re looking for a solution to migrate your mailboxes from Zimbra to Google Workspace?
What’s migrated:
- Mails
- Contacts
- Calendars
- Secondary Calendars
- Folders
- Permissions
With Cloudiway’s Migration Platform, you can:
- Migrate your mailboxes centrally
- Let each user migrate himself
- Define your migration batches
- Migrate in parallal
- Plan and run delta passes.
Frequently
Asked Questions
What is the Zimbra Migration Solution and why is it necessary?
Zimbra Migration is a product for copying youre emails from one server or system to another. It’s often necessary when a company switches email platforms or needs to consolidate servers for cost-effectiveness, better performance, or improved user experience.
How does the Zimbra Migration Tool work?
Email migration typically involves exporting the data from the source email system (The Zimbra server), converting it into a format compatible with the destination system (such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365), and then importing it into the new system.
What are the typical challenges faced during a Zimbra migration?
Zimbra migration can present challenges like data loss, downtime, compatibility issues, and the task of reconfiguring user settings. It requires careful planning and execution to minimize these potential issues.
How can I ensure that my data is secure during my Zimbra migration?
Data security during migration can be ensured by using secure protocols, encrypting data during transmission, and choosing a trusted and reliable migration service.
What types of data can be migrated by the Zimbra Migration tool?
The Zimbra Migration tool migrates emails, contacts, calendars, , folders are migrated
How long does the zimbra migration typically take?
The duration of the zimbra migration depends on several factors including the amount of data to be migrated, the speed of the network, and the performance of the source and destination servers.
Can I access my emails during the zimbra migration?
Yes, the migration is a copy of source content to target content. Access to the source is readonly, therefore it remains available and untouched during the migration.
What are the steps to migrate from Zimbra to Microsoft 365?
The most important part is to setup the administrative account in Zimbra that has access to all mailboxes and configure the access to the zimbra administrative Soap apis.
Also, your company firewall needs to be configured to allow inbound connexion from the Cloudiway platform.
More information can be found in the migration guides.
What are the steps to migrate from Zimbra to Google Workspace?
You need to configure an account that has access to all mailboxes.
Then you need to configure your firewall to let the Cloudiway platform access your Zimbra server.
Once done, configure the Cloudiway platform to migrate the mailboxes.
More information can be found in the admin guides.
How can I ensure minimal downtime when migrating from Zimbra?
Downtime can be minimized by careful planning, performing a test migration beforehand, or scheduling the migration during off-peak hours.
Do I need to backup data before migrating zimbra mailboxes?
No, Cloudiway requires a readonly access and does not make any modification or deletions to the source content.
