<p>Organisations wanting to move Microsoft Exchange to a private or public cloud need to consider five best practices if they want the transition to be easy and successful. That's according to Andrew Crosley, Dimension Data's General Manager for Microsoft, who says while it's easy to move to the cloud, it's not easy to move what you have to the cloud.</p><p>Crosley and other members of Dimension Data's Microsoft worldwide team have managed the transition of more than two million seats of Microsoft Exchange to date.</p><p>"Typically, organisations with 1 000 seats or more follow a staged migration from the existing exchange environment to the cloud-based environment. A migration of this size takes about two weeks, from a slow start of around 10 seats per night, building up to an average of 150 a night until the project is completed.</p><p>"Once they've migrated Exchange to the cloud, organisations need to ensure they maintain the authentication hub for their cloud service. The cloud changes what you need to maintain. In fact, while organisations don't have to maintain as much, they do need to maintain more complex integration pieces. And keeping those pieces running is critical to the success of your cloud solution," he explains.</p><p><a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/office/dimension_data/PressRelease.php?StoryID=243278">Keep reading...</a></p>