Office 365 Deployment Guide for Enterprise
Explore a comprehensive guide to Office 365 deployment with this informative resource. The guide begins with an introduction to Office 365 for enterprises, offering insights into reading the guide, assumed knowledge, document scope, and encouraging user feedback...

- [1.1 About Office 365 for Enterprises](http://community.office365.com/modg/topics AboutOffice365ForEnterprises.aspx)
- 1.2 How to Read This Guide
- 1.3 Assumed Knowledge
- 1.4 Document Scope and Limits
- 1.5 Feedback
- 2.1 Deployment Phases
- 2.2 Sample Deployment Schedule
- 2.3 Customer Responsibilities
- 2.4 Microsoft Online Services Portal
- 2.5 Administration Roles
- 2.6 Deployment Project Support
- 2.7 Key Pre-deployment Considerations
- 3.1 Key Activities Summary
- 3.2 Kickoff Meeting
- 3.3 Customer Environment Discovery
- 3.4 Pilot Deployment
- 3.5 Key Planning Considerations
- 3.6 Networking and Naming Services Planning
- 3.7 User Identity and Account Provisioning Planning
- 3.8 Exchange Online Planning
- 3.9 SharePoint Online Planning
- 3.10 Lync Online Planning
- 3.11 Client and End-User Experience
- 4.1 Key Activities Summary
- 4.2 Network and Naming Services Tasks
- 4.3 User Identity and Account Provisioning Tasks
- 4.4 Implement Password Policies for Non-Federated Identities
- 4.5 Activate User Licenses
- 4.6 Exchange Online Preparation
- 4.7 SharePoint Online Preparation
- 4.8 Lync Online Preparation
- 4.9 Client and End-User Experience
- 4.10 Create Migration Groups
- 5.1 Key Activities Summary
- 5.2 Send Final End User Communications
- 5.3 Migrate Mailboxes
- 5.4 Change MX Record
- 5.5 Set Up Mobile Phones and Devices
- 5.6 Perform Post-migration Service Testing
· 6 Feature Enablement – Out of Scope · 7 Appendix A: Key Deployment Resources · 8 Appendix B: Deployment Planning Template · 9 Appendix C: Customer Deployment Checkpoints
- 9.1 Office 365 Deployment Entrance Requirements
- 9.2 Checkpoint 1: Planning Complete
- 9.3 Checkpoint 2: Preparation Complete
- 9.4 Checkpoint 3: Migration Complete
· 10 Appendix D: Key Deployment URLS, Ports, and IP Addresses
· 11 Appendix E: Exchange Hybrid Deployment Domain and Host Names Worksheet · 12 Appendix F: Directory Object Preparation · 13 Appendix G: Sample Email Migration End User Communications · 14 Appendix H: Post-deployment Services Test Plan · 15 Appendix I: Glossary
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