MTK Setup

System Preparation Overview

System Preparation: Instructions on preparations to be made on the email servers

SMTP Configuration: Instructions on setup and configure an SMTP Relay for the migration

Installation: Instructions on installation of the MTK on one or more workstations

System Requirements

Supported Mail Systems:

• GroupWise 7.0.3+, 8.x, 2012, 2014, 2014R2
• Exchange 2013, 2016
• Office 365

Note: Support for Office 365 requires an impersonation account, or an administrator account with built-in impersonation rights. Most licenses of Office 365 include impersonation with the administrator account, though some may not. Ensure that impersonation rights are held by the admin, or an impersonation account can be created. The migration will not function without impersonation.

System Requirements

See the Installation chapter for details

Hardware

• Windows 7 SP1, or Windows 10 64-bit
• 8+ GB of RAM
• 50+ GB of available disk space

Software Prerequisites

• MTK must be installed to the C: drive
• GroupWise client (Client version must match server version)
• .CSV editor. OpenOffice or LibreOffice work great, Excel needs to be coerced into saving .CSV files properly.
• Java 8 (64-bit required for 64-bit migration, 32-bit for the 32-bit version of the tool)
• Java Runtime Environment 1.8+
• Microsoft .NET 4.6.1 or higher
• Windows Management Framework 3.0 or higher
• If Creating Users in On-Premise Active Directory
  • Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT)
  • Specific Windows features enabled after installing RSAT
    • Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell
    • Active Directory Administrative Center
    • AD DS Snap-Ins and Command-line Tools
  • If Creating Users and Licensing in Office 365
    • Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals
    • Windows Azure AD Module for Windows PowerShell

Migration Workstation Recommendations

We have found that in migrating to O365, setting up two (2) workstations for the migration each doing four (4) users at a time will be near but under the O365 throttling limit.

System Preparation Overview

Both the GroupWise and Exchange systems will need some preparation before the migration will be successful. This is described in detail on the System Preparation page.

GroupWise System Preparation Overview

For the migration to run smoothly, the GroupWise system must be clean and in good condition with all links and data correct. To ensure that the system is ready for migration, it is essential to run GWCheck before beginning the migration. While running the GWCheck, it is important that the following options are checked as shown below:

Items not checked as shown are not required and not important for the migration. Running GWCheck before the migration will help ensure that no GroupWise errors are encountered during the migration.

You'll need to create a Trusted Application Key, enable SOAP and configure LDAP on the directory.

Exchange System Preparation Overview

A global administrator and a user with Application Impersonation rights will need to be available for the data to be migrated successfully.

Autodiscover and Basic Authentication will need to be enabled.

A throttling policy will need to be set to allow faster data flow and to not limit the size of attachments.

An SMTP relay will be needed for migrating calendar items and tasks.

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