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Planning Your Office 365 Hybrid Deployment

A webinar by: Freedom House American Technology Services April 9, 2014

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Our Speakers

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Danesh Hussain

Director, Network Services

American Technology Services

Marcelo Gonzalez

Manager, Network Services

American Technology Services

Keith Berner

Senior Manager, IT

Freedom House

You’ve heard a lot about Office 365.

Flexibility

Cost savings

Predictable costs

Bundling

Reliability

Why Office 365?

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Features Cutover Staged Hybrid

Ability to perform POC (Proof of Concept) X

Unified GAL (Global Address List) X

Secure Mail Routing between environments X

Collaboration (free/busy & calendar sharing) X X

Ability to move mailboxes between environments X X

Message Tracking, Mail Tips, and Mailbox Search X X

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Available Features by Deployment Type

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Office 365 & Migration Paths

Current Email System < 2,000 Users > 2,000 Users

Exchange 2003 Cutover -or- Staged Staged

Exchange 2007 Cutover -or- Staged Staged -or- Hybrid*

Exchange 2010 Cutover -or- Hybrid Hybrid

Exchange 2013 Cutover -or- Hybrid Hybrid

Benefits of a Hybrid Deployment

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Control

Management

End-User Experience

Rollback

Collaboration

Messaging system requirements

User limit

Long-term strategy

Collaboration

Public folders (can only access one tree at the time)

Email volume

Considerations

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Senior skills on the back-end to deploy hybrid environment - May not be available in-house - Need to be familiar with Power Shell

Exchange versions - Will you need new equipment/Exchange

licensing?

Setup costs Cost of Office 365 plan licensing Backup/DR costs (depending on industry

requirements) Microsoft’s nonprofit pricing

Cost & ROI Implications

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Preparing & Configuring A Hybrid Deployment

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Determine if Hybrid is for you

Cost & ROI calculations

Select an Office 365 plan

Configure systems & Exchange server

Internal training Pilot testing (POC)

& adjustments Phased mailbox

migrations Complete migration

Anti-spam & anti-virus feature - Two layers of protection if you already have an existing filtering service

System requirements - Make sure all requirements are met before deployment

LOB applications testing - Make sure they are compatible with Office 365 mailboxes

Limitations - Be aware of the limitations and align them with your needs

Best Practices

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Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House is head quartered in Washington D.C. with multiple offices in the U.S. and around the world.

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Case Story: Freedom House

http://www.freedomhouse.org/

Freedom House: Concerns & Requirements

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Requirements & Challenges Solutions

Single sign on (SSO) - ADFS - Directory Synchronization

Enhanced security for web app access

- ADFS - “2FA” through a 3rd-party

Limit the locations from which people can access mailboxes via Outlook

ADFS

ACL for mobile devices Mobile device access policies

Enhanced security for mobile device access

Mobile device mailbox policies

Determine if Office 365 is for you

Determine your migration path

Carefully plan, test, and make adjustments

Talk to partners and peers to get feedback

Summary

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Thank You!

Marcelo Gonzalez

Manager, Network Services

American Technology Services

mgonzalez@networkats.com

www.networkats.com

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Danesh Hussain

Director, Network Services

American Technology Services

dhussain@networkats.com

www.networkats.com

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