Migrate Exchange public folders to best suitable targets

A powerful analytical solution that distinguishes characteristics within data hierarchies and repositories in Exchange public folders, and migrates selected information into best suitable targets (such as Office 365 Groups).

Advanced Data Analytics and Migration (ADAM)

How does ADAM work?Exchange Public folders can span extremely large hierarchies and volumes of data. ADAM introduces the concept of dynamic grouping; its deep analytics identify logical splits between subfolders in the Public folder hierarchy, based on characteristics such as permission sets and common folder properties.

Exchange administrators can review the output of the analysis before migration, and extend or narrow the scope via a powerful user interface to remove redundant/irrelevant data.

ADAM is powered by proprietary, patent-pending Deep Analytics Technology (DAT), which automatically analyzes data held in legacy systems and takes their characteristics into consideration to determine the most suitable modern target system.

Criteria like size, age, content type, and ownership are compared so that, for instance, an object that has not been accessed in seven years is categorized as obsolete data and recommended for deletion or for export. Public folders that are accessed by multiple users on a sustained basis over, say, the last three months might better be moved to an Office 365 Group.

Why is ADAM needed now?Although Exchange Public folders have been commonly used to share and collaborate for over 20 years, they typically build up plenty of redundant data and can be very difficult to manage.

Microsoft previously encouraged migration to SharePoint – which brought its own problems – but with such strong, rapid take-up across so many organizations, Office 365 Groups are clearly now the way forward.

Office 365 Groups closely match Public folder functionality and have enhanced features around document sharing, threaded conversations, shared calendars and OneNote notebooks, with access to task-based planning via the new Office 365 Planner application.

To get started with Office 365 Groups as part of your migration plan, you have to identify the data you hold, figure out where it should go, and determine ownership.

Before ADAM there has been no single, easy, comprehensive solution that addresses these obstacles.

By migrating Public folder data into Office 365 Groups, organizations can regain control over shared information, using a common portal with much improved reliability and stability compared with on-premises Exchange.

ADAM analyses Public folders and shared mailboxes from Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and Exchange Online, and automatically migrates data that meets predetermined quality criteria into Office 365 Groups.

Beside automatically provisioning Office 365 Groups and shared mailboxes, ADAM can rehydrate shortcuts from archiving systems such as Veritas Enterprise Vault. It provides full item-by-item auditing using QUADROtech’s Sync’n’Switch technology, and can output data into PST files for further processing or archiving. ADAM is available either as a cloud service, requiring no hardware or deployment of infrastructure.

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Key features

Powerful Office 365 capabilities

ADAM was developed in consultation with Microsoft for superior processing, ingestion and clean up.

Automatic provisioning

ADAM creates the relevant Office 365 Groups and automatically populates them with corresponding data.

Advanced user options

Administrators can determine value criteria and thresholds according to their organizations’ retention needs and policies.

Deep analytics ADAM compares objects and makes recommendations on how specific files should best be handled.

Key benefits

Understand your data

Rediscover and manage critical business information and put it to work.

Improve reliability of key shared resources

Groups share the same robust availability and security features as Office 365.

Reduce storage cost

Only information supporting active collaboration or that is needed for compliance/policy reasons is migrated.

Speed up Public folder migration

Automation removes the need for manual reconciliation of folder structures and hierarchies.

Rebuild shortcuts and links

Archiving system links can be rediscovered and reconnected as part of the ADAM process.

About QUADROtech

QUADROtech is a leading global provider of applications to manage the migration of email archives, mailboxes, public folders, and PST files. Its technology is a key component in email infrastructure changes, enterprise desktop refresh projects, rollout of latest versions of Windows, and the adoption of Microsoft Exchange 2013, Office 365 and Enterprise Vault. QUADROtech’s staff of industry experts and its worldwide network of partners help customers avoid the most costly, time-consuming and risky aspects of migration projects.

QUADROtech Solutions is an independent company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

More about QUADROtech productsADAM is one of our flagship products – including ArchiveShuttle, MailboxShuttle and PST FlightDeck – that have been designed and optimized from the ground up to provide a complete solution to all aspects of Office 365 migration and maximum compatibility with Azure.

ADAM analysis screen

ADAM dashboard

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