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Question #: 47
Topic #: 2
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Your company has 20 employees. Each employee has a mailbox hosted in Outlook.com.
The company purchases a Microsoft 365 subscription.
You plan to migrate all the mailboxes to Microsoft 365.
You need to recommend which type of migration to use for the mailboxes.
What should you recommend?

  • A. staged migration
  • B. cutover migration
  • C. minimal hybrid migration
  • D. IMAP migration
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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MichaelJS
Highly Voted 4 years, 4 months ago
Microsoft seems to think it is IMAP "After you have setup two-step verification, you can also obtain an app password that you will have to use in order to use Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) migration to copy email from your Outlook.com or Hotmail.com account to your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 for business account. If your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 admin is moving email messages from your Outlook.com or Hotmail.com account to Microsoft 365 or Office 365 on your behalf, you'll need to give him your app password." Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mailbox-migration/migrating-imap-mailboxes/migrating-your-outlook-com-account
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rfox321
3 years, 6 months ago
Correct - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mailbox-migration/mailbox-migration
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proxyma93
Most Recent 1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: D
IMAP it is. Because outlook.com is not an on prem Exchange server from which to start any sort of migration; therefore you can only do an IMAP one
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BigDazza_111
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: D
I think not B, because cutover migration is for on premise exchange servers, not mail servers hosted by third parties like outlook.com, during the cutover migration set up you need to be able to verify your domain...
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BobDobolina
2 years ago
chatGPT Based on the scenario you described, where the company has 20 employees and each employee has a mailbox hosted in Outlook.com, the recommended migration method would be the cutover migration to Microsoft 365. A cutover migration is a type of migration where all mailboxes are migrated at once to Microsoft 365. This method is suitable for smaller organizations like yours, with fewer than 2,000 mailboxes to migrate. With a cutover migration, all mailboxes, email, contacts, and calendar items are moved from Outlook.com to Microsoft 365 in a single step. To perform a cutover migration, you need to have administrative access to the Outlook.com account and the Microsoft 365 account. You'll need to create user accounts in Microsoft 365, assign licenses, and set up email forwarding to ensure no emails are lost during the migration process. Overall, a cutover migration is a quick and simple way to migrate mailboxes to Microsoft 365 for small businesses. However, it may not be suitable for larger organizations with more complex email systems or those that require a longer transition period.
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Rydaz
2 years ago
its B 100%, because why IMAP? your mailbox his hosted in outlook, if you use IMAP your contacts wont be migrated, but if you use cutover your contacts will migrate to ms 365
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ijarosova
2 years, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: B
A cutover migration allows for all mailboxes to be migrated at once, which minimizes disruption to the business and reduces migration complexity
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proxyma93
1 year, 11 months ago
But the question is about private mailboxes, so there are not On Prem Exchange server to operate from to run a cutover migration. Therefore, the only possible option is IMAP
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devilcried
2 years, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: D
Definitely D After you have setup two-step verification, you can also obtain an app password that you will have to use in order to use Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) migration to copy email from your Outlook.com or Hotmail.com account to your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 for business account. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mailbox-migration/migrating-imap-mailboxes/migrating-your-outlook-com-account
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Meebler
2 years, 1 month ago
Answer: D (IMAP migration) Explanation: In this scenario, the mailboxes are hosted on Outlook.com, which is not an on-premises Exchange server. Therefore, the other migration types (staged, cutover, and minimal hybrid) are not applicable. IMAP migration is suitable for migrating mailboxes from a non-Exchange email system like Outlook.com to Microsoft 365.
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Blagojche
2 years, 1 month ago
B. cutover migration Explanation: Since all the mailboxes are hosted in Outlook.com, a cutover migration would be the best migration method to use for this scenario. A cutover migration allows you to migrate all mailboxes at once and it's the simplest and most efficient migration method for small organizations with fewer than 2000 mailboxes. An IMAP migration is used to migrate email from email systems that support the IMAP protocol, such as Gmail or Yahoo. Since the mailboxes in this scenario are hosted in Outlook.com, IMAP migration is not the best migration method to use.
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SkullRage
2 years, 7 months ago
I Think D is the correct answer, because of the move from Outlook.com. You can use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to migrate user email from Gmail, Exchange, Outlook.com, and other email systems that support IMAP migration. When you migrate the user's email by using IMAP migration, only the items in the users' inbox or other mail folders are migrated. Contacts, calendar items, and tasks can't be migrated with IMAP, but they can be by a user.
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waterlego
3 years ago
Still valid, April 2022 - Larger number (above 150) was used though so different answer.
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Ibraheem
3 years ago
IMAP is correct ---- You can use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to migrate user email from Gmail, Exchange, Outlook.com, and other email systems that support IMAP migration. From below doc https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mailbox-migration/mailbox-migration
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trexar
3 years, 2 months ago
You can use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to migrate user email from Gmail, Exchange, Outlook.com, and other email systems that support IMAP migration
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Jcbrow27
3 years, 5 months ago
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mailbox-migration/migrating-imap-mailboxes/migrating-your-outlook-com-account D is correct!
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spg987
3 years, 7 months ago
It is on today's exam
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lengySK
3 years, 8 months ago
I think correct is IMAP. Copied from Skillpipe: Source of email server: Cutover - Exchange 2010 or later IMAP - Any IMAP-accessible email server
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momonoke
3 years, 8 months ago
I would also say cutover. Any other opinion + Explanation?
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