<p>Spinning up a new instance of Office 365 to provide email for a brand new domain is easy; migrating email from other domains is not.</p><p>If you are a systems administrator who can count to 10 more or less accurately you are probably ready to dive in but the everyday user may find it a bit of a struggle.</p><p>Let's take a look at the three basic categories of email migration: PST import, IMAP import and Exchange migration.The groundwork</p><p>Before you do any migration into Office 365 you need to have the DNS in a half-configured state. You need to add the domain name to Office 365 and verify ownership, but you do not want to actually transfer over the DNS records to point to Office 365 until your user accounts are ready for the migration.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/31/office_365_email_migration_how_to/">Keep reading...</a></p>