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FIGURE 19-7:
Beginning a new email migration in Office 365.
A number of other tools and partners are available to assist in email migration. Find these resources in Pinpoint located at https://pinpoint.microsoft.com.
Migrating portal content and functionality (SharePoint)
The SharePoint platform has become one of the most successful products in Microsoft’s history. As SharePoint experts, we have spent countless hours work- ing with clients in every industry on SharePoint projects. SharePoint is a platform and as a result, it tends to get complicated, which often leads to an organization employing the help of consultants. Much of the complexity of SharePoint lies in the infrastructure of the platform. A SharePoint implementation requires a num- ber of different engineers all working in unison to make the platform available to users. The good news with Office 365 is that Microsoft takes over this complexity of building and maintaining the platform, and you, as a user, can focus on just using the product.
Migrating to SharePoint Online (which is part of Office 365) requires you to migrate any content or custom functionality that you may currently be using in your portal environment. As you begin to delve farther into SharePoint, you find
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