Optimized Integration
Strategies for M&A
Simplify the complex process of IT integration during mergers and acquisitions with our comprehensive approach, ensuring streamlined consolidation, enhanced efficiency, and optimal performance.
Our Process
It all starts with Identity. At the heart of any successful Microsoft migration lies a well-executed identity management strategy. Whether your organization operates in a cloud-based, hybrid, or on-premises environment, managing identities is crucial for ensuring secure and access to resources.
Identity and Tenant Transition
Identify all sources of identity and create a plan for rationalization, consolidation, licensing transition, and migration execution.
Data Migration and Access
Define and execute a migration plan that focuses on the key data to move aligned with your identities.
Security
Enablement
Define, configure, and provide guidance on leveraging Microsoft 365 and Azure to set a baseline or improve the security posture.
Microsoft Licensing Preparations
Understanding your existing licensing and creating a plan during the transition is a key activity Agile IT focuses on during all M&A projects. Whether or not Agile IT is or will be your licensing partner.
- Vendor Consultation
- Reduce risk of over or under licensing
- Understanding the available options with customer selected licensing
Beyond Microsoft Cloud Services
Customers often have other IT services that are traditional on-premise infrastructure, other cloud providers, and SaaS applications that must be incorporated into the initial plan and roadmap.
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
- FedRAMP High
- Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity
Identity
Everything starts and
ends with Identity.
Rationalization and consolidation
Going from one or more identity services (Local Windows Active Directory, Entra ID, Google, etc.)
Licensing
Licensing consolidation, mapping, and right-sizing.
Powerful automation and validation
Custom automation to identify, resolve, validate, and execute.
Experts in Mergers & Acquisitions:
Consolidation and Migrations
Organizations that are going through or planning for a M&A activity can include a variety of source locations. This includes one or more organizations having a production Microsoft 365 or require moving towards a new tenant type such as Microsoft GCC High to meet government compliance.
Simplify the complex process of IT integration during mergers and acquisitions with our comprehensive approach, ensuring streamlined consolidation, enhanced efficiency, and optimal performance.
5+ Million
Identities migrated/
consolidated
12+ Million
Mailboxes
20+ Billion
Files, Folders, &
Permissions
Government Compliance
CMMC, ITAR, CUI, FCI, FedRAMP High, GCC High, DFARS, FIPS, NIST, etc.
If you know or need to meet any of the acronyms above, then don't forget to include their requirements your planning for your migration. Agile IT can help!
consultation
Step by Step
Common M&A Roadmap
Organizations always have file types that are standard business files (Microsoft Office files like Word, Excel, etc., and Adobe PDF), media content (e.g., images, videos), and more. All of these sources can go into SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Azure Storage, and Microsoft Syntex.
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Identity Assessment and Planning
Assess, rationalize, and define a plan for all identities and their licensing requirements.
Applications and Infrastructure
Application deployment, identity/service accounts, access, permissions, and network access.
Deployment and Configuration
Deploy a new Entra ID tenant and Azure Subscription (if required), configure polices/settings, validate environment PRIOR to any migration or production usage.
Multi-Stage Migration
Identity, Email, and Files are almost always the first to transition/migrate. Applications, infrastructure, and communications follow. However, all of these services and data may be mixed together in terms of batch or staged migrations in the lifetime of the total project.
Change Management & Adoption
Significant investments in time and money are put forth in all M&A projects. The real value from the M&A results are based on the overall organization coming together and adopting the unified IT and Business services.
Increase Productivity and Collaboration
Even with full adoption of services, there are additional gains by the organization, departments, and users by leveraging and building solutions within Microsoft 365, and Azure.
Security Posture
Define and implement a strong security posture as part of the initial plan, execution, and success prior to any migrations. However, maintaining that level and improvements must also be factored into normal operations, costs, and commitment.
Infrastructure
The last mile of migrations is often traditional IT infrastructure that could be migrated to the cloud (virtual servers), but hasn’t, which exposes risks in security, compliance, and impacts cost management.